Ko te paura mika, he rauemi ahumahi maha-whakamahinga, i ahu mai i ngā kohuke mika tūturu pērā i te muscovite, e mōhiotia ana mō ōna tae kore tae ki te mārama, me te biotite, e whakaatu ana i ngā tae parauri pouri ki te pango. Ko te tukanga whakaputa he raupapa tupato o te kuru i te konganuku mata me te huri hei matūriki angiangi, ka tangohia te hanganga paparanga o te mika. Mā tēnei panonitanga ka puta he matūriki he rerekē te rahi me te āhua, he mea whakarite ki ngā whakaritenga motuhake o ngā ahumahi rerekē.

E keria ana te mika puta noa i te ao, me ngā pokapū whakaputa nui i Inia, e mōhiotia ana mō āna muscovite kounga teitei; i Haina, he kaihokohoko matua me ngā rahui nui; me te Hononga o Amerika, inā koa i ngā rohe pēnei i a North Carolina. Mā ēnei rauemi o te ao ka whakarite kia pumau te tuku hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia kanorau o ngā ahumahi puta noa i te ao.

Ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga tino whakamiharo o te paura mika ko tōna kaha teitei ki te hiko, he mea pai mō ngā tono i roto i ngā pūnga me te whakamahana hiko. Mā tēnei āhuatanga ka taea e te mika te tu atu ki ngā mara hiko teitei me te kore e pakaru, ka tiaki i ngā wāhanga hiko tairongo mai i te kino. Hei tāpiri, he tino pumau te mika i te pāmahana, ka taea te tu atu i ngā pāmahana neke atu i te 600°C. Nā tēnei kaha ki te wera ka tino whai hua i roto i ngā tono pāmahana teitei, pērā i te hanga oumu ahumahi me ngā taputapu ātete wera.

Ko ngā āhuatanga whakaata o te paura mika he mea nui anō hoki mō te whānuitanga o ngā whakamahinga. I roto i te umanga whakapaipai, ka whakamahia ngā momo mika tino pai hei hanga i te kanapa ngawari i roto i ngā hua whakapaipai, mai i ngā atarangi kanohi ki ngā rama whakamārama. Ehara i te mea ka whakarei ake tēnei pānga kanapa i te ataahua anake, engari ka whakarato hoki i te kakano maeneene, ōrite. I roto i ngā peita me ngā kirihou, ka mahi te paura mika hei whakakī whakakaha, ka whakanui ake i te ātete ki te huarere me te kaha miihini. Mā te horapa ōrite i roto i te anga, ka mahi ngā matūriki mika hei ārai i te hihi UV, te makuku, me ētahi atu āhuatanga taiao, ka roa ake te roa o te oranga o te hua kua oti.

He rerekē ngā whakamahinga ahumahi o te paura mika. I roto i te umanga taputapu, ka whakamahia hei whakamahana wera, hei āwhina i te pupuri i te pāmahana mahi tino pai me te whakaiti i te whakapaunga pūngao. Ko ngā paninga ātete ahi kei roto te paura mika ka whakarato i tētahi atu paparanga tiaki, ka whakaroa i te horapa o te mura me te whakarei ake i te haumaru ahi. I roto i te hanga rapa, ka mahi te mika hei kaihoko tuku, ka ārai i te rapa kei piri ki ngā pokepokea i te wā o te tukanga whakaputa, ā, ka whakapai ake i te whai huatanga me te whakaiti i te para.