muscovite
See also: Muscovite
English edit
Etymology edit
In 1850 from Muscovy glass + -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana.[1]
Noun edit
muscovite (countable and uncountable, plural muscovites)
- (mineralogy) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.
- 2009, James S. Monroe, Reed Wicander, The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution, 5th edition, Belmont, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, →ISBN, page 76:
- Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common […]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of muscovite.
Translations edit
mineral of the mica group
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Muscovite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “muscovite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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muscovite f (plural muscovites)
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: muscovit
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Pronunciation edit
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muscovite f (plural muscoviti)