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Definition of Phlogopite

1. Noun. A brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum.

Definition of Phlogopite

1. n. A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze- red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.

Definition of Phlogopite

1. Noun. (minerology) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator. ¹

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Definition of Phlogopite

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Medical Definition of Phlogopite

1. A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike colour and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica. Origin: Gr. Firelike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlogopite

Literary usage of Phlogopite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"phlogopite has an occurrence which is somewhat different from that of biotite. ... The most frequent alterations of phlogopite are to hydro- phlogopite ..."

2. Mica, Its Occurrence, Exploitation and Uses by Fritz Cirkel (1905)
"phlogopite. HISTORY. Canada has long been known to be rich in economic ... More than forty years ago Sir William Logan** referred to the phlogopite deposits ..."

3. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"It is somewhat larger in phlogopite, and is commonly large in muscovite, paragonite, and lepidolite, 2£ ranging from 50° to 70° in most cases. ..."

4. Catalogue of Section One of the Museum of the Geological Survey, Embracing by Geological Survey of Canada, George Christian Hoffmann (1893)
"(5251,) Skuzzy Creek, near North Bend, west side of Fraser River, BC— Presented by JW Mackay, 1890. (5999.) phlogopite or magnesium mica. phlogopite. ..."

5. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana. 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"Transparent white phlogopite at the Anthony Mine. ... black phlogopite ; elsewhere in ROSSIE, calcite, barite, quartz crystals, ..."

6. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"Transparent white phlogopite at the Anthony Mice. ... and phlogopite. Near David Downing's farm, fluctue in t«in cubes (etched). ..."

7. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni (1901)
"Laminae of cleavage flexible and elastic. Colorless. A common rock making mineral in schists, etc. phlogopite, magnesia mica, [H,K ..."

8. Annual Report (new Series). by Geological Survey of Canada (1893)
"Of such occurrences there has Mineral inclu- recently been presented to the Museum of this Survey (1) a plate s'"ns "n m'ca of phlogopite in which is ..."

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