sanidine feldspar

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• Feldspar — is the name of a group of rock forming minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth s crust.Feldspar. [http://www.ima na.org/about industrial minerals/feldspar.asp What is Feldspar?] Industrial Minerals Association. Retrieved on July 18… …   Wikipedia

• Sanidine — is the high temperature form of potassium feldspar (K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8. [Mineral Handbook http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Handbook/Sanidine.PDF ] Sanidine most typically occurs in felsic volcanic rocks such as obsidian, rhyolite and trachyte. Sanidine… …   Wikipedia

• Sanidine — San i*dine, n. [Gr. ?. ?, a board. So called in allusion to the tabular crystals.] (Min.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; called also {glassy feldspar}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• feldspar — /feld spahr , fel /, n. any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks. Also, felspar.… …   Universalium

• sanidine — sanidinic /san i din ik/, adj. /san i deen , din/, n. Mineral. a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks. [1805 15; < G Sanidin,… …   Universalium

• sanidine — noun A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. It sometimes reflects a blue sheen along crystal planes. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and sanidine with this property is called moonstone.… …   Wiktionary

• sanidine — [ sanɪdi:n] noun a glassy mineral of the alkali feldspar group. Origin C19: from Gk sanis, sanid board + ine4 …   English new terms dictionary

• glassy feldspar — Sanidine San i*dine, n. [Gr. ?. ?, a board. So called in allusion to the tabular crystals.] (Min.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; called also {glassy feldspar}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• alkali feldspar — Any of several common silicate minerals that often occur as whitish to variously coloured, glassy crystals. The alkali feldspars may be regarded as mixtures of sodium aluminosilicate (NaAlSi3O8) and potassium aluminosilicate (KAlSi3O8). Both the… …   Universalium

• Alkali feldspar — The alkali feldspar group are those feldspar minerals rich in the alkali elements potassium and sodium. The alkali feldspars include: albite, anorthoclase, microcline, orthoclase and sanidine. [http://www.mindat.org/min 118.html Mindat]… …   Wikipedia

• Glassy feldspar — Glassy Glass y, a. 1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English