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It is a piece of micaceous sandstone, just over 4 inches long and 3 inches wide, and just under 1 inch thick.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023
I have a collection of earthenware vessels: casseroles and shallower dishes from Cook on Clay, micaceous pots made by native New Mexico potters, Italian baking dishes, and so forth.
From Salon • May 31, 2022
P. campan. sulcate, whitish at first, soon dingy ochre, then pale sooty grey, disc brownish yellow, micaceous; g. adnexed; s. white, silky; sp. 6-9 � 4-6.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
The cap is thin and of a reddish buff or ochraceous tint, often showing a sprinkling of glistening micaceous scales or granules; gills crowded, whitish.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
Glist, glist, n. a dark ferruginous mineral found in lodes, micaceous iron ore.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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