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felspar::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feldspar |
| Type of | spar |
| Has types | moonstone, oligoclase, orthoclase, plagioclase |
Examples of felspar
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The presence of Potassium felspar indicates arid conditions were prevalent at the time.
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The alternate spelling, felspar, has now largely fallen out of use.
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The river sands on the bank of Gauthami Godavari consists predominantly of quartz, felspar and muscovite mica.
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Rocks that contain leucite or nepheline, either partly or wholly replacing felspar, are not included in this table.
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The peridotite had been formed from a melt, that was depleted in crustal materials, but then was re-enriched in plagioclase felspar.
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One comes from the middle crust and is high in felspar and low in Calcium, and the other kind comes from the lower crust mixed with mantle magmas, and is a calcalkaline granite.
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- Feldspar: any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium
- Feldspars (KAlSi3O8 - NaAlSi3O8 - CaAl2Si2O8) are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust.Feldspar. Industrial Minerals Association. Retrieved on July 18, 2007.
