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Definition of Feldspars
1. feldspar [n] - See also: feldspar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feldspars
Literary usage of Feldspars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"SPECIFIC CHARACTERS OF THE CONSTITUENT MINERALS Alkali-feldspars. — In most
instances the exact composition of the un- striated feldspars in these rocks has ..."
2. Building Stones and Clays: Their Origin, Characters and Examination by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1912)
"(2) The feldspars are a group, including a long series of complex silicate ...
The distinctions between the various feldspars can rarely be made out except ..."
3. Elements of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Blowpipe Analysis: From a by Alfred Joseph Moses, Charles Lathrop Parsons (1916)
"FORMATION AND OCCURRENCE OF feldspars. Their occurrences may be summarized as
follows: ... The feldspars, particularly orthoclase, microcline, ..."
4. Minerals of California by Arthur Starr Eakle (1914)
"The feldspars are the most abundant and most important of the rock-forming
silicates, and the classification of a volcanic rock is in general based upon the ..."
5. Bulletin (1884)
"The space between the feldspars is occupied by chloritic materials, opacite, etc.,
... Along the line of the conglomerate some of the feldspars are bent. ..."
6. The Economic Aspect of Geology by Charles Kenneth Leith (1921)
"THE feldspars feldspars are minerals, not rocks, but mention of them is made here
... It is estimated that the feldspars make up 50 per cent of all the ..."
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