Crossword-Solution: MICAS 5 letters, 39 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Thus, what are men doing but extending not the limits of their knowledge but of their ignorance, when they deduce, with Varro, 'pavo' from 'pavor,' because of the fear which the harsh shriek of the peacock awakens; or with Pliny, 'panthera' from [Greek: pan thaerion], because properties of all beasts meet in the panther; or persuade themselves that 'formica,' the ant, is 'ferens micas,' the grain-bearer.

Parallel with the micas that cause the schistosity, the growth of the quartz and epidote lenses took place.

Thallium is a rare metal, found in small quantities in some varieties of iron and copper pyrites, and in some lithia micas.

Doubtless an examination of the original micas would soon yield an identification of other characters.

Speaking generally, the Russian micas coming into commerce are potash micas, and mica purchased in England may be taken to be potash mica, especially if it is in large sheets.