muscovite

See also: Muscovite

English

Etymology

In 1850 from Muscovy glass +‎ -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana.[1]

Noun

muscovite (countable and uncountable, plural muscovites)

  1. (mineralogy) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.
    • 2009, James S. Monroe, Reed Wicander, The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution, 5th edition, Belmont, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, →ISBN, page 76:
      Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common […]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of muscovite.

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Muscovite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “muscovite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mys.kɔ.vit/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

muscovite f (plural muscovites)

  1. (mineralogy) muscovite

Descendants

  • → Romanian: muscovit

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus.koˈvi.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: mu‧sco‧vì‧te

Noun

muscovite f (plural muscoviti)

  1. (mineralogy) muscovite
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