mica

• Mineral compuesto de silicatos de aluminio o potasio que se cristaliza en láminas muy finas y flexibles, usado como aislante eléctrico y térmico.

A mineral consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium that crystallizes in forms allowing perfect cleavage into very thin leaves, used as a dielectric due to its electrical resistance.

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   A group of silicate minerals that can be split into thin, flexible, and transparent sheets, valued for their electrical and thermal insulating properties.

   Mica (mineral)

   • Mica is commonly used in electrical capacitors due to its insulating properties.
   • The rock contained large flakes of mica that sparkled in the sunlight.
   • Geologists identified the mineral as muscovite, a type of mica.