Crossword-Solution: BIOTITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Biotite | n. | Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “BIOTITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Dark-colored mica | 1 answer |
| Mineral of the mica group | 1 answer |
| SYENITE, component of | 1 answer |
| black or dark green mineral of the mica group | 1 answer |
| dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | 1 answer |
| MONZONITE, component of | 4 answers |
| TONALITE, component of | 4 answers |
| MICA schist, constituent of | 5 answers |
| Mica | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with BIOTITE (5)
Muscovite is often called common or potash mica; Lepidolite is characterised by containing lithia in addition; Biotite contains a large amount of magnesia and oxide of iron; whilst Phlogopite contains still more of the former substance.
The mica in recent volcanic rocks, gabbros, and diorites is usually Biotite, while that so common in metamorphic limestones is usually, if not always, Phlogopite.
This young scientist, too, cherished loving thoughts about Angelina, thoughts of a more earthly and volcanic tinge; certain definite projects which made him forget, at times, his preoccupation with biotite, perlite, magnetite, anorthite, and pyroxene.
Half way to the head of the lake is a dike [1] having a total width of eight feet, consisting of a central band of segregated quartz, six feet wide, cut by numerous thin sheets of biotite, which probably mark the planes of shearing.
Under the microscope some of the biotite has a green coloration from decomposition and is surrounded by strong pleochroic halos.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1977–1999).