Category:Phlogopite

Phlog"o*pite, n. Etym: [gr. (min.)

Defn: a kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or Copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, With magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of Crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See mica.