The Only Use of
mica
in
Turtles All the Way Down
- He was a sixteen-year-old Toyota Corolla with a paint color called Mystic Teal Mica and an engine that clanked in a steady rhythm like the beating of his immaculate metallic heart.†
p. 13.9
Definition:
any of various minerals consisting of materials such as hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves