felspathic
Americanadjective
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When mica or felspar occurs plentifully, we have, in the one case, micaceous sandstone, and in the other felspathic sandstone.
From Geology by Geikie, James
The tuff consists of white felspathic mud, with fragments of slate and lava, reaching a depth in some places of 150 feet.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
The Swedish porcelains were of two kinds, one a true felspathic porcelain like the German, and the other a glassy porcelain resembling that made at Mennecy in France.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Porphyrite or felspathite includes a number of rocks which have a felspathic base, through which felspar crystals are scattered more or less abundantly.
From Geology by Geikie, James
The Chinese appear to have been the first potters in the world to discover that at a sufficiently high temperature pottery can be glazed with powdered felspathic rock mixed with lime.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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