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BIOTITE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("biotite" is a kind of...):
isinglass; mica (any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biotite"):
lepidomelane (a mica that is a biotite containing iron)
Derivation:
biotitic (relating to or involving biotite)
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