felspar

American  

[fel-spahr] / ˈfɛlˌspɑr /

noun

1. feldspar.

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felspar British  

/ fɛlˈspæθɪk, ˈfɛlˌspɑː /

noun

1. a variant (esp Brit) of feldspar

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Other Word Forms

• felspathic adjective

Etymology

Origin of felspar

< German Fels rock + spar ³, by false etymological analysis

Example Sentences

The felspar or China stone furnish the fluxing ingredients for fusing and binding.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

At their outer edges they pass gradually into the granite, for they contain felspar crystals more or less completely altered into aggregates of white mica and quartz.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

This mica schist passes into a white gneiss, composed of quartz, white felspar, and black mica, penetrated by veins, coarsely crystallised, of the same minerals.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

In the decomposition of granite, this felspar is the first thing to give way; it becomes friable, and rains or rivers wash it down.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

Everywhere were little grains of felspar, mica, or quartz, which caught the reflection of the light.

From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Gilson, Charles