MICA By James B. Hedrick Mica / MICA SPLITTINGS / FMC Corp. / General Electric Co. / Feldspar Corp. / Unimin Corp. / K-T Feldspar Corp. / Corona Films Inc. / Spartan Minerals Corp. / United States Mineral Resources / Mineral Mining Co. / Franklin Industries Inc. / USG Corp. / Asheville Mica Co. / Mineral Mining Co. Inc. / The Mearl Corp. / U.S. Samica Corp. / Pacer Corp. / /
Country
Antigua / Switzerland / Nicaragua / Ecuador / Venezuela / Netherlands / Bahamas / Guatemala / South Africa / Honduras / Norway / Thailand / Colombia / Kenya / France / Cayman Islands / Japan / Pakistan / Brazil / Dominican Republic / Canada / Australia / Portugal / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Philippines / British Virgin Islands / Israel / Finland / India / Costa Rica / Taiwan / Germany / Barbados / Saudi Arabia / Micronesia / Italy / Mexico / Sweden / Kuwait / New Zealand / Chile / Dominica / Indonesia / Belgium / Turkey / Malaysia / Russia / Austria / El Salvador / United States / Singapore / Madagascar / Jamaica / Belize / Argentina / Netherlands Antilles / Spain / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / M&A / /
Facility
Defense National Stockpile Center / Fort Belvoir / /
IndustryTerm
laser devices / oxygen-breathing equipment / medical electronics / molded rubber products / end products / paint industry / plastics industry / plastics / paint film / foundry applications / Manufacturing / aerospace components / plastic applications / radar systems / chemical attack / residential building materials / rubber / steel shaft ends / paint / flotation product / electricity / rubber industry uses / pearlescent paint pigments / rubber additive / electronic equipment / Rubber mold lubricant / gas permeation / air-launched missile systems / cement / paint adhesion / /
NaturalFeature
Caicos Island / /
Organization
Bureau of the Census / U.S. Government / FMP Division of The Mearl Corp. / U.S. Treasury’s NDS Fund / Defense National Stockpile Center / Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook Bureau / Department of Energy / SOURCES OF INFORMATION U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines Publications Lesure / KMG Minerals Division of Franklin Industries Inc. / /
MICA By James B. Hedrick Mica is a group of phyllosilicate minerals that have a layered or platy texture. The commercially important micas are muscovite and phlogopite. Composed of tetrahedral-octahedraltetrahedral layer