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Two frequently found micas are dark-colored biotite, frequently found in granite, and light-colored muscovite, found in the metamorphic rock called schist.
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Muscovite micas belong to the felsic silicate minerals.
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Most gneiss has little or no mica because it forms at temperatures higher than those under which micas are stable.
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At 15 km to 20 km, larger micas form to produce schist, and at 20 km to 25 km amphibole, feldspar, and quartz form to produce gneiss.
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And a few appeared embossed with wounds, covered with black mercurial hog lard, with green unguents of belladonna smeared with grains of dust and the yellow micas of iodoforme.
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
