Talk:Mica

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Where is == mica == found? Is it in the u.s.

[edit] Too much jargon

This article contains too much jargon to be accessible to people who are uninitiated in mineralogy/geology. I'd like to see a simple explanation to compliment the technical one soon please, otherwise I'll be tagging it as being too technical, which will eventually result in your work being deleted/heavily modified or totally replaced. As it is it barely conforms to wikipedia standards, with many key terms not linked and no glossary to substitute. This is to be expected with a new article but for gods sakes please get round to formatting it properly some time before the next ice age. --Badharlick 12:00, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The science is important, but I think it would be more beneficial to put at least some of it in layman's terms. After all, someone with a strong background in geology probably wouldn't need to research using this article. :) IrisWings 07:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Sheets of mica called eisenglass were used in place of window glass(eisenglass curtins you can roll right down- From The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Rogers and Hammersteins' "Oklahoma"

Removed from the article, pending some kind of explanation of its relevance:

Renowned Buddhist monk, Acharya Nagarjuna, is said to have discovered Mica in the vicinity of Guntur, India around 200 BC.

I supplemented and kept, it should instead read something like

Acharya Nagarjuna, Buddhist monk, is said to have discovered mica in the vicinity of Guntur, India around 200 BC.

and should probably indicate which kind of mica.
But i frequently discover mica somewhere when hiking; i discovered it all over a parking lot in Wyoming in the 7th grade; i can't but imagine that it's been discovered and used over and over throughout human history, so it is irrelevant to the article in the absence of more context.
--Jerzy (t) 13:24, 2004 Jul 27 (UTC)

Mica is/was used in toasters as insulation. It does not conduct heat very well in the direction perpendicular to the cleavage planes. I'm not sure that it is used as much for this as it was in the past. --

Mica is used as an electrical insulator in some capacitors, allowing two conductors to be held in close proximity and hence have a high capacitance. I imagine this is less prevalent in the 21st century. Dizzley (Peter H) 13:26, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Main Mica Producer country is INDIA, In India best quality Mica available in Bihar, now it is known as Jharkhand State, Also in Gudur, AP south India. Mica is being used to make different type of Heating element for toaster, Iron, hair dryer, rice cooker, strip heaters, etc etc, it is also being used in wood stove window, as Insulator, in Boiler liquid leven indicators, soldering iron tips, in mica capacitors, there are lots of Mica uses × Indu Rungta http://business.vsnl.com/roongtamica , slrungta@vsnl.com , clrungta@yahoo.com