Muscovite
- Noun. An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
- Noun. (archaic) A Russian.
- Adjective. Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
- Adjective. Russian.
- Noun. (mineralogy) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.
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