"Microcline" is a word in ENGLISH
A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or
common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.
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A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries …
Read the complete definitionA mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is …
Read the complete definitionA variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
Read the complete definitionA kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
Read the complete definitionAn eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Read the complete definitionA mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It …
Read the complete definitionA very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
Read the complete definitionA rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also …
Read the complete definitionA variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.
Read the complete definitionA basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited …
Read the complete definitionAn igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called …
Read the complete definitionA dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it …
Read the complete definitionOne of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, …
Read the complete definitionAlt. of Feldspath
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.
Read the complete definitionA finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
Read the complete definitionSee Feldspar.
Read the complete definitionA crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in …
Read the complete definitionA crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It …
Read the complete definitionA whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.
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