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heliophyllitenoun(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phonolitenoun(mineralogy) A light-coloured rock of volcanic origin composed mostly of alkali feldspars.
orthoclasenoun(mineralogy) Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi₃O₈, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. Orthoclase is the main feldspar of pegmatite occurrences, where it is most commonly flesh-colored. Orthoclase is used in the ceramic and glass industries and as a decorative gravel.
chesterlitenoun(mineralogy) A variety of microcline from Chester County, Pennsylvania.
larvikitenounA variety of monzonite with small crystals of feldspar.
anorthoclasenoun(mineralogy) Any of a group of feldspars being mixed sodium and potassium aluminosilicates.
hyalophanenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic crystalline mineral, a barium-rich potassium feldspar.
elaeolitenoun(mineralogy) A variety of nepheline, usually massive and of a greasy lustre and grey to reddish colour.
homilitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
hyalitenoun(mineralogy) A form of opal.
elaolitenounArchaic form of elaeolite. [(mineralogy) A variety of nepheline, usually massive and of a greasy lustre and grey to reddish colour.]
ice sparnounA variety of feldspar remarkable for its transparent ice-like crystals.
hellyeritenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light blue mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.
helvinenoun(mineralogy) Helvite.
feldspathnounAlternative form of feldspar. [(mineralogy) Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.]
orthophyrenoun(geology) a porphyritic rock that contains phenocrysts of orthoclase embedded in feldspar
sonolitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
fahlunitenoun(mineralogy) A variation of fahlunite.
oligoclasenoun(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the second member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Primarily found as small crystals in impure marble. Oligoclase contains a small amount of calcium substituting for some of the sodium in its formula. Oligoclase with reddish-golden inclusions found in Norway and Canada is called sunstone.
felspathoidnounAlternative form of feldspathoid. [(mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.]

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