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Microcline
A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi3O8.
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A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi3O8.
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| perthitenoun | (mineralogy) A laminated mixture of two feldspars: plagioclase and either orthoclase or microcline. |
| perthitic | (geology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling perthite |
| twinned | Produced at, or as if at, a single birth; united. |
| 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. |
| clinoholmquistitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium. |
| plagioclasenoun | (mineralogy) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium. |
| kalinitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur. |
| clinozoisitenoun | (mineralogy) A basic calcium aluminosilicate found in crystalline schists, a metamorphic product of calcium feldspar. |
| nimitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic yellow green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and silicon. |
| potassium feldsparnoun | (mineralogy) Any of several alkaline feldspars containing potassium aluminium silicate, KAlSi₃O₈ |
| chesterlitenoun | (mineralogy) A variety of microcline from Chester County, Pennsylvania. |
| chromphyllitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing aluminum, barium, chromium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon. |
| microlitenoun | (archaeology) A microlith |
| megakalsilitenoun | (mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, potassium, and silicon. |
| kalicinenoun | (mineralogy) A mineral form of potassium bicarbonate. |
| phonolitenoun | (mineralogy) A light-coloured rock of volcanic origin composed mostly of alkali feldspars. |
| phlogopitenoun | (mineralogy) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator |
| clinohypersthenenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic magnesium-iron silicate present in some basalts |
| clinochlorenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon. |
| mcauslanitenoun | (mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus. |
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