micaceous

[ mahy-key-shuhs ]

adjective

1. consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
2. of or relating to mica.

Other Words From

• unmi·caceous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of micaceous¹

First recorded in 1765–75; mic(a) + -aceous

Example Sentences

Smoke-grey micaceous slaty-clay, much like certain beds of the old red sandstone, where it graduates into grey wacke.

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Among the loose stones at the foot of the portage, I picked up a specimen of micaceous oxide of iron.

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Thus, highly micaceous sandstones, as they are traced into a metamorphic region, are seen to pass gradually into mica-schist.

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An important character is the perfect micaceous cleavage parallel to the basal plane, on which plane the lustre is pearly.

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The pepitas occur in different forms, often adhering to micaceous specular iron.

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