felspar
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of felspar
< German Fels rock + spar 3, by false etymological analysis
Example Sentences
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It is composed of quartz, red felspar, and dark green chlorite; and is accompanied with gneiss of the same composition.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
The Serpentine rock streaked with hornblende, felspar, slate and green-stone, shows changing colours like a pigeon's breast.
From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
In this way the rotten granite or china stone, used in pottery, originates; and over considerable areas kaolin replaces the felspar and forms valuable sources of china clay.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The formation of new felspar in the hornfelses is pointed out as evidence of this.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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.
From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Gilson, Charles
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