felspar
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of felspar
< German Fels rock + spar 3, by false etymological analysis
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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
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
Albite, al′bīt, n. a species of mineral of the felspar family, of a white colour, and forming a constituent of many kinds of rocks.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Around the garnets there is often a radial grouping of small grains of pyroxene and hornblende in a clear matrix of felspar: these “centric” structures are frequent in granulites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The Chinese and Japanese, with which may be assimilated the German and French, all of them made of kaolin and felspar, sometimes with an addition of quartz.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
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