n. A dark-brown or dark-green to black mica, K(Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH)2, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. [After Jean Baptiste Biot (1774-1862), French physicist.] bi′o·titic (-tĭtĭk) adj. |
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