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feldspar
noun
(
mineralogy
) A large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals
sodium, potassium, calcium and barium
. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.
Translations:
Spanish: feldespato
Etymology:
Feld, field (from Middle High German
veld
, from Old High German
feld
) + Spath, spar
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