I don't know much about these photos, but from what I have found, Mica is a naturally occurring substance that is flexible and resembles plastic and seems almost indestructible. I found these two photos in an carte de visite album I purchased a while back.
Although this photo resembles a tintype, it is thicker and quite flexible. It almost seems that someone over the years had tried to destroy it, but it survives proving the durability of the micatype.
From the collection of John Rochon
"The (above) studio was founded by Lorenzo Marvin Baker (1834-1924) who began working as a photographer in the early 1860′s and established the Baker Art Gallery in 1886. Four generations of the family ran the gallery until 1955. Many of their photographs and materials are now held by the Ohio Historical Society." - From the Blog: The Cabinet Card Gallery
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