Al-tousiff Minerals

Bapatla, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

We are a highly acclaimed name that offers premium grade Mica to the clients. Mica is a clear, lustrous and sparky looking rock. Our range of Mica includes Green Mica Blocks, Muscovite Mica and Phlogopite Mica. Mica is used on a large scale in the electrical industry owing to its exceptional chemical, physical, and thermal properties. Also, the Mica offered by us is attributed with excellent dielectric strength, low power loss factor and good dielectric constant. Clients can avail from us best quality Mica as per their requirements at very affordable prices.

Mica GroupThe most common of the Mica Group minerals, it is typically found as massively crystalline material in "books" or in flaky grains as a constituent of many rock types. It is clear with a pearly luster on cleavage faces, often having a sparkly look in rocks.
It can form a continuous series with celadonite and aluminoceladonite; intermediates are known as the variety phengite and K-deficient variants as illite

Classification of Mica

• IMA status : Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"

• Explanation of status : Officially approved by the Mica Subcommittee 1998.

• Strunz 8th edition ID : 8/H.10-70

Occurrences of Mica

• Geological Setting : Mica is common in many different rock types as a primary mineral.

Physical Properties of Mica

• Lustre : Vitreous, Silky, Pearly

• Diaphaneity (Transparency) : Transparent, Translucent

• Colour : White to colorless, silvery-white, and tinged various colors by impurities.

• Streak : White

• Hardness (Mohs) : 2

• Hardness Data : Measured

• Comment : 2.5 parallel to [001], 4 perpendicular to [001]

• Tenacity : Elastic

• Cleavage : Perfect Perfect on 001.

• Parting : On 110 and 010.

• Fracture : Micaceous

• Density (measured) : 2.77 - 2.88 g/cm³

• Density (calculated) : 2.83 g/cm³