Lep`i*dom"e*lane (?), n. [Fr. , , a scale + , , black.] Min.

An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.

 

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