micanite

Etymology

Trade name coined in the 1890s from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanite and ebonite.

micanite means A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.