a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium
a resident of Moscow
An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc.
Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
The word muscovite comes from the Latin term Moscovita, which originally meant a resident of Moscow or Muscovy. This Latin form was built by combining the name for the region with a suffix indicating people.