felspathic
Americanadjective
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The Chinese appear to have been the first potters in the world to discover that at a sufficiently high temperature pottery can be glazed with powdered felspathic rock mixed with lime.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Hornblende schist also occur and a compact felspathic rock in the Suris defile.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
A very pure alum is produced in volcanic districts by the action of sulphurous acid and oxygen on felspathic rocks, and used by the ancients for different purposes.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
They are at a depth of about 12 ft., in slaty shale containing Llandeilo fossils and contemporaneous felspathic ash and scoriae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
Clay.—A yellowish-white, non-vitreous clay, product of the decomposition of granitic or felspathic rocks.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by George J. Cox
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