phlogopite
Noun
Meaning
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
mica
muscovite
chlorite
lepidolite
zinnwaldite
paragonite
pyrophyllite
margarite
biotite
bentonite
sericite
attapulgite
annite
eastonite
celadonite
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fluor-phlogopite
hydroxyl-phlogopite
chromium-phlogopite
ferro-phlogopite
sodic phlogopite
titanian phlogopite
Examples
Built-up mica Muscovite and phlogopite splittings can be fabricated into various built-up mica products.
The commercially important micas are muscovite and phlogopite, which are used in a variety of applications.