Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist.
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Micaceous
Synonyms for "micaceous" (13 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
foliated texturelaminar texturemica like
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (6)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesappearancegeological propertymineralogical propertyrock texturestructural descriptionsurface property
More specific
4 entriesbiotite rich rockmuscovite rich rockpearly surfacephyllitic texture
Collocations
6 entriesmica-bearing rockmicaceous rockmicaceous shalemicaceous slatemicaceous surfacemicaceous texture
Inflections
2 entriesmore micaceousmost micaceous
Derivations
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Apart from the two or three bird masks, the only other zoomorphic mask was a wolf frontlet of cedar decorated in micaceous black paint with dentalium teeth, dentalium being an important form of wealth with some of the attributes of a currency.
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In AD 1500, it would appear, the Apache and Pueblo micaceous pottery traditions were separate, if not independent, developments, and thus both Felipe Ortega and Sharon Dryflower Reyna may be correct.
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The book review was a micaceous example of perfection.
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