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felspar

[ fel-spahr ]

/ ˈfɛlˌspɑr /

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Origin of felspar

<German Fels rock + spar³, by false etymological analysis

Words nearby felspar

felonry, felony, felony murder, felsic, felsite, felspar, felspathic, felt, felting, felt marker, felt side

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How to use felspar in a sentence

A compound of quartz, mica, and felspar, having the appearance of re-composed granite.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Indistinct specimens, apparently consisting of decomposed compact felspar.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
A small island, near Cape Arnhem, is also composed of granite, in which the felspar has a bluish hue.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Fragment, apparently from a columnar mass, of a stone intermediate between clink-stone and compact felspar.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

Dark grey porphyritic hornstone, approaching to compact felspar, with imbedded crystals of felspar.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

British Dictionary definitions for felspar

felspar

/ (ˈfɛlˌspɑː) /

noun

a variant (esp Brit) of feldspar

Derived forms of felspar

felspathic (fɛlˈspæθɪk) or felspathose, adjective

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