felspathic
Americanadjective
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Thus there may be produced from the same granite, soils of very different nature and composition, from a pure and barren sand to a rich clay formed entirely of felspathic debris.
From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Anderson, Thomas
When a fragmental rock is composed chiefly of rocks belonging to the acidic group, we say it is felspathic.
From Geology by Geikie, James
They consist chiefly of granulitic quartzose schists and felspathic gneisses, permeated in places by strings and veins of pegmatite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
The rock was felspathic, apparently allied to those already seen in the Balonne.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
The bed of the river furnished quite a collection of primitive rocks: there were pebbles of quartz, white, red, and grey; of granite; of sienite; of felspathic porphyry, hornblende, and quartz-porphyry; and of slate-rock.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig
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