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The term "micacious" is employed to evoke a sense of subtle, glittering luminosity in both human and natural descriptions. In one instance, it is used to emphasize how a seemingly ordinary man can appear striking and radiant, as if dusted with shimmering particles [1]. In another context, it describes the mineral aspects of rock formations, highlighting the reflective quality found within micaceous schist that characterizes the landscape's lower valleys [2].
  1. The meanest man may glitter with micacious particles to his fellow's eye.
    — from Familiar Letters The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 06 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau
  2. Generally the rocks are granitic, consisting of syenite and gneiss, with micacious schist in the lower valleys.
    — from Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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