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To: annie laurie
Yeah, those big furry hats can be a bit intimidating Not to mention that it is the most common mica, found in granites, pegmatites, gneisses and schists, and as a contact metamorphic rock or as a secondary mineral resulting from the alteration of topaz, feldspar, kyanite, etc. Gives me the willies just thinking about it.
377 posted on 11/18/2005 8:09:41 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux
Not to mention that it is the most common mica, found in granites, pegmatites, gneisses and schists...

Um you might want to see a doctor about that.AWB

379 posted on 11/18/2005 8:11:49 PM PST by Americanwolfsbrother (Don't hate on someone for using their mind.)
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/sigh

My attempts at humor are too obscure :(

(Or maybe they're only funny to me, heh ;-))

Definition number one: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/muscovite

(I actually didn't know it was a type of rock until you posted that; I only knew the geographic reference)



380 posted on 11/18/2005 8:12:42 PM PST by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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