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Bookmark or Share- Global Sources and Mining of Mica - Axim MicaMica mining employs both open-pit and underground techniques. Open-pit mining involves removing layers of earth to access minerals near the surface. This method is efficient but can drastically alter the landscape. Underground mining, on the other hand, targets deeper mineral deposits.
- Mining mica: can the industry overturn its legacy of exploitation?Mica, a shimmering, heat resistant mineral used in everything from car paint to make-up, is in large-part produced by artisanal miners in India and Madagascar, where child labour and unsafe conditions are rife. We find out what can be done to rid the commodity of its unethical origins.
- An army of children toils in African mica mines - NBC NewsNBC News tracked the flow of mica mined by children in Madagascar trapped in a cycle of extreme poverty and exploitative child labor spanning generations.
- Mica - WikipediaMicas (/ ˈmaɪkəz / MY-kəz) are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into fragile elastic plates. This characteristic is described as perfect basal cleavage.
- Mica Statistics and Information | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.govThe mica group represents 37 phyllosilicate minerals that have a layered or platy texture. The commercially important micas are muscovite and phlogopite. Layering in the univalent (potassium, sodium), or true, micas imparts perfect basal cleavage, allowing crystals to be split into very thin sheets that are tough and flexible.
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