(n.) Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica.
Example Sentences:
(1) The adhesion of cells of Salmonella typhimurium to albite, biotite, felspar, magnetite and quartz was correlated to the presence of fimbriae and degree of hydrophobicity and charge of the bacterial surface.
(2) These strains possess better ability to utilize the orthoclase and biotite.
(3) These fungi were incubated with the following iron-containing minerals: augite, hornblende, biotite, magnetite, hematite, and the igneous rock granodiorite.
(4) A high degree of adhesion to biotite, possibly due to a combination of characteristics of the particles, was not related to either bacterial fimbriation or a physico-chemical characteristic of the bacterial surface.
(5) In this survey the Rn in tight homes was on the average 3.5 times that in drafty ones, and areas with granitic bedrock led to homes having 2.3 times the Rn as for homes on chlorite-biotite-rich bedrock.
(6) Fibrous dusts (chrysotile, glass fibers, nemalite, palygorscite, and gypsum) and granular dusts (actinolite, biotite, hematite, pectolite, sanidine, and talcum) were injected intraperitoneally into rats.
(7) Among the oxides, oxyhydroxides, carbonates, and silicates, the magnesium-iron phyllosilicates (chlorite, biotite, berthierine) appear the most active.
Phlogopite
Definition:
(n.) A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.