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Feldspar

Alt. of Feldspath

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Moonstone 76% connected

A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.

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Oligoclase 76% connected

A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

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Orthoclase 76% connected

Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar.

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Plagioclase 76% connected

A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.

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Spar 76% connected

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

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Si 70% connected

A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by L…

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Silicon 70% connected

A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brow…

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Felspar 92% connected

Alt. of Felspath

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