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Mica vs Gneissoid - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between mica and gneissoid

is that mica is any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic while gneissoid is (geology) a metamorphic rock having the composition of a laminated granite.

As an adjective gneissoid is

(geology) having a structure similar to that of gneiss, or intermediate between that of gneiss and mica or granite.

mica

English

Noun

(wikipedia mica)
  • Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

    • See also

    * biotite * lepidolite * muscovite * paragonite * phlogopite

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    gneissoid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (geology) Having a structure similar to that of gneiss, or intermediate between that of gneiss and mica or granite

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A metamorphic rock having the composition of a laminated granite