felspar

[ fel-spahr ]

noun

1. feldspar.

felspar

/ fɛlˈspæθɪk; ˈfɛlˌspɑː /

noun

1. a variant (esp Brit) of feldspar

Derived Forms

• felspathic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of felspar¹

< German Fels rock + spar ³, by false etymological analysis

Example Sentences

Everywhere were little grains of felspar, mica, or quartz, which caught the reflection of the light.

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It turned evenly, slowly, noiselessly, and, as it turned, the light from the lamp caused the quartz and mica and felspar in the granite to glisten like a thousand fire-flies on a summer's evening.

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There is also quartz, and often a considerable amount of felspar, while graphite, tourmaline and iron oxides frequently occur in lesser quantity.

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This is a kind of hard porcelain made from a mixture of kaolin and felspar, in which the degree of hardness or fusibility is regulated by the proportion of one material towards the other.

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Their felspar ranges from oligoclase to andesite and labradorite, and is often very zonal; sanidine occurs also in some dacites, and when abundant gives rise to rocks which form transitions to the rhyolites.

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