felspar

  • 91Urquhart and Glenmorriston —    URQUHART and GLENMORRISTON, a parish, in the district of Mainland, county of Inverness, the former place 18 miles (N. E. by N.) and the latter 7 miles (N.) from Fort Augustus; containing, with the villages of Invermorriston, and East and West… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 92Yetholm —    YETHOLM, a parish, in the district of Kelso, county of Roxburgh; containing 1295 inhabitants, of whom 326 are in Kirk Yetholm and 618 in TownYetholm, 8 miles (S. E. by E.) from Kelso. This place derives its name, signifying the Hamlet of the… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 93feldspar — also felspar noun (U) a kind of grey or white mineral …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 94feldspar — feld•spar [[t]ˈfɛldˌspɑr, ˈfɛl [/t]] also felspar n. mir any of a group of crystalline minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 95albite — /ˈælbaɪt/ (say albuyt) noun a very common mineral of the plagioclase felspar group, sodium aluminium silicate, NaAlSi3O8, usually white, occurring in many igneous rocks. {Latin albus white + ite1} …

  • 96amazon stone — /ˈæməzən stoʊn/ (say amuhzuhn stohn) noun a green felspar, a variety of microline, used as an ornamental material. Also, amazonite /ˈæməzənaɪt/ (say amuhzuhnuyt). {Amazon2 + stone} …

  • 97andesite — /ˈændəzaɪt/ (say anduhzuyt) noun a volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase felspar together with pyroxene, resembling trachyte in appearance. {named after the Andes + ite1} …

  • 98anorthite — /æˈnɔθaɪt/ (say a nawthuyt) noun a mineral of the plagioclase felspar group, calcium aluminium silicate, CaAl2Si2O8, occurring in basic igneous rocks; indianite. {an 1 + Greek orthos straight + ite1} –anorthitic /ˌænɔˈθɪtɪk/ (say .anaw thitik),… …

  • 99aplite — /ˈæplaɪt/ (say apluyt) noun a fine grained granite composed essentially of felspar and quartz. Also, haplite /ˈhæplaɪt/ (say hapluyt). {Greek haploos single, simple + ite1} –aplitic /əˈplɪtɪk/ (say uh plitik), adjective …

  • 100arkose — /ˈakoʊz/ (say ahkohz), / oʊs/ (say ohs) noun a coarse hard sandstone composed of quartz, felspar and other products derived from the disintegration of granite rocks. {French} …

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