FELDSPAR


Meaning of FELDSPAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfel(d)-ˌspär ]

noun

Etymology: modification of obsolete German Feldspath (now Feldspat ), from German Feld field + obsolete German Spath (now Spat ) spar

Date: 1772

: any of a group of crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates with either potassium, sodium, calcium, or barium and that are an essential constituent of nearly all crystalline rocks

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