felspar
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Etymology
Origin of felspar
< German Fels rock + spar 3, by false etymological analysis
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Its extraordinary changes in reducing or oxidizing fires are of the greatest interest to the experimenter.Cornish or China Stone.—A rock composed of felspar and quartz.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.
Whence came this green olivine?—whence this plate of specular iron?—whence this quartz and felspar; and all these other minerals I see around me?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
This is a kind of hard porcelain made from a mixture of kaolin and felspar, in which the degree of hardness or fusibility is regulated by the proportion of one material towards the other.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
Generally speaking, kaolin, China clay, ball clay, pipe clay, China stone, felspar, flint, quartz, sand, lime, chalk, and calcined bone are the ingredients of most modern pastes.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.
The commonest accessory minerals are tourmaline, topaz, apatite, fluorspar and iron oxides; a little felspar more or less altered may also be present and a brown mica which is biotite or lithionite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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