mica vs paragonite

mica and paragonite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mica	Yes	No	No	No
paragonite	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paragonite is a hyponym of mica; that is, paragonite is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mica:

mica: any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
paragonite: a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium

Other hyponyms of mica include biotite, lepidolite, muscovite, phlogopite, zinnwaldite.

mica (noun)	paragonite (noun)
any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity	a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium