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Definition of Microcline

1. n. A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.

Definition of Microcline

1. Noun. (minerology) A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi₃O₈. Microcline is the main feldspar of granite. The bluish-green variety is called amazonstone, and is sometimes of gem quality. Used in ceramics, ceramic glazes, and as a scouring powder. ¹

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Definition of Microcline

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Microcline

1. A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form. Origin: Micro- + Gr. To incline. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Microcline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"Orthoclase and microcline have a very widespread occurrence as chief ... ()ne of the most important alterations of orthoclase and microcline is to kaolinite ..."

2. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1889)
"]OS; the directions of extinction, then, ure the same as in orthoclase, and microcline plates parallel to this face would be dark between crossed nicols ..."

3. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1888)
"108; the directions of extinction, then, are the same as in orthoclase, and microcline plates parallel to this face would be dark between crossed nicols ..."

4. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1913)
"microcline 217 Burnsville. Ray Mica Mine. Albite 218 Franklin. Burningtown Mica Mine. ... microcline and Albite 225 Penland. Flat Rock Mica Mine. ..."

5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"across, shows the general structure of the schistose rocks round the Hillside intrusion (consisting chiefly of a remarkable type of augite- microcline ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The ' Amazon-stone,' for instance, is not, but is a variety of microcline felspar, .... microcline ..."

7. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1917)
"Sections show the rock to be again a microcline-biotite granite. ... microcline felspar is predominant. There are again inclusions or inter- growths of ..."

8. Annual Report (new Series). by Geological Survey of Canada (1899)
"microcline. Origin of microcline. show only a few cracks and a more or less ... microcline.—This is a very abundant constituent of the granitic gneisses, ..."

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