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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
Veins of red granite are there seen branching out from the principal mass, and traversing the black micaceous schist and primary limestone.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Smoke and hydrochloric acid issued from the aperture in its envelope, and being partly broken it was seen to contain lapilli and pieces of antecedent lava, covered with micaceous peroxide of iron.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi
It is in the state of a micaceous oxide.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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