Muscovite

  1. Noun.  An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
  2. Noun.  (archaic) A Russian.
  3. Adjective.  Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
  4. Adjective.  Russian.
  5. 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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