feldspar vs felspar what difference
what is difference between feldspar and felspar
English
Alternative forms
- felspar
Etymology
Partial calque of German Feldspat, formed from Feld (“field”) + Spat (“spar”).
Noun
feldspar (countable and uncountable, plural feldspars)
- (mineralogy) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth’s outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.
Derived terms
Related terms
- feldspathic
- feldspathoid
- feldspathose
Translations
See also
- albite
- bytownite
- andesine
- anorthite
- granite
- labradorite
- microcline
- mineral
- oligoclase
- orthoclase
- rock
English
Noun
felspar (countable and uncountable, plural felspars)
- Alternative spelling of feldspar
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