Microlite
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What is FSK wrap?
Microlite® FSK Formaldehyde-free™ duct wrap insulation is a lightweight, highly resilient, blanket-type thermal insulation. The insulation blanket is manufactured from rotary-process fiberglass bonded with a formaldehyde-free resin.
Where is microlite MINEd?
Micro-Lite operates an open-pit mine in Buffalo, Kansas to extract an igneous rock called lamproite, also known as Magnesium-Mica (AAFCO definition 57.24).
What is microlite in geology?
Microlites are minute crystals in an amorphous matrix. In igneous petrology, the term microlitic is used to describe vitric (glassy, non-crystalline, amorphous) matrix containing microscopic crystals. Microlitic rocks are a type of hypocrystalline rocks.
What is Microlite mineral used for?
Chemical Formula: (Ca, Na)2Ta2O6(O, OH, F); Calcium Sodium Tantalum Oxide Hydroxide Fluoride. Uses: A very minor ore of tantalum, as mineral specimens and sometimes cut as a gemstone.
What do you mean by Microlites?
Definition of microlite 1 : a mineral (Na,Ca)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F) that consists of an oxide of sodium, calcium, and tantalum with small amounts of fluorine and hydroxyl and that is isomorphous with pyrochlore.