continuing to digress...
That's interesting. First thing I thought of was Formica as in the laminate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formica_%28plastic%29
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Etymology of the name
The mineral mica was commonly used at that time for electrical insulation. Because the new product acted as a substitute “for mica”, Faber used the name “Formica”[1] as a trademark. (The word already existed, the Latin name for wood ants, from which formic acid and the derivative formaldehyde compound used in the resin were first isolated.)
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