mica

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A shiny, variously colored, often transparent mineral commonly found as flakes or even sheets in granite and other sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

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"Mica on a concrete picnic table, August 6, 2009" by Raquel Baranow is licensed under CC BY.

Published Works: 
The Blessing Way (1970)
Term Type: 
Geologic Feature