sanidine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“a board”).

Noun

sanidine (countable and uncountable, plural sanidines)

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. Some forms (called moonstone) exhibit adularescence.

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Further reading
  • “Sanidine” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “sanidine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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