muscovite


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a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium

a resident of Moscow

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Monday's deadly attacks shocked a country that had grown accustomed to such violence being confined to a restive southern corner -- and marked the return of terrorism to the everyday lives of Muscovites following a six-year break.
The purpose of this letter was to secure Muscovite military assistance by appealing to the tsar's religious feelings.
This cavity was totally filled with albite and muscovite crystals partially coated with sharp, dark green apatite-(CaF) crystals and exquisite, curving, linear stack-like clusters of apatite-(CaF).
Soviet and post-Soviet decades of building in Russia are given a chapter and the author concludes with a perceptive analysis of the trend in private domestic projects by contemporary architects and their Muscovite magnate patrons.
Your article on the subject World War II plane by Muscovite Victor Kulikov was an interesting one (I thought the P-63 was far superior to the P-39, but the Russians apparently thought not).
There's no middle g0round when it comes to Muscovite chan-teuse Spektor - you'll either love her idiosyncratic songs or loathe them.
In Muscovite Russia the country around Kiev became known as Ukraine ('borderland').
In order to constrain the petrogenesis and thermal history of the pegmatite, samples of tantalite, molybdenite, and muscovite were collected for U-Pb, Re-Os, and [sup.40]Ar/[sup.39] Ar dating, respectively.
Highly recommended reading for armchair travelers and students of Muscovite history.
Mr Smolenski, a Muscovite, was formerly a director of Bank OVK.
Muscovite Usmanov has increased his share of Corus to more than 10pc this year.
It consists of 30-34 vol.% quartz, 28-30 vol.% K-feldspar, 27-29 vol.% plagioclase, 3-6 vol.% muscovite and 3-6 vol.% biotite (Fig.
In addition, samples taken from the property indicate the presence of muscovite and silica concentrates.