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• Mica Kings — refer to a business house, which took shape in the early twentieth century, in Koderma, Jharkhand state, India. This business house, at one point in time, controlled the largest share of mica mining and export activity in the world. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• Mica — Mi ca, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mica diorite — Mica Mi ca, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mica powder — Mica Mi ca, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mica schist — Mica Mi ca, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mica slate — Mica Mi ca, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mica — ► NOUN ▪ a silicate mineral found as minute shiny scales in granite and other rocks. ORIGIN Latin, crumb …   English terms dictionary

• mica —    Aluminum and other silicate minerals. It is found usually in granite, either in scales or crystals …   Glossary of Art Terms

• mica — [ mʌɪkə] noun a silicate mineral found as minute shiny scales in granite and other rocks. Derivatives micaceous mɪ keɪʃəs adjective Origin C18: from L., lit. crumb …   English new terms dictionary

• itacolumite — /it euh kol yeuh muyt /, n. a sandstone consisting of interlocking quartz grains and mica scales, found principally in Brazil and North Carolina, and noted for its flexibility in thin slabs. [1860 65; named after Itacolumi, mountain in Brazil;… …   Universalium

• Jan Ingen-Housz —     Jan Ingen Housz     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jan Ingen Housz     Investigator of the physiology of plants, physicist, and physician, b. at Breda in North Brabant, 8 Dec., 1730; d. at London, 7 Sept., 1799. He attended the Latin school at… …   Catholic encyclopedia