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Felspar

noun
1.
Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.  Synonym: feldspar.






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... Classification and Analysis. Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The Markets of the World, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of Potter's Material, Decorated Goods Count.—VI., Comparative Loss of Weight of Clays.—VII., Ground Felspar Calculations.—VIII., The Conversion of Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight.—IX., The Cost of Prepared Earthenware Clay.—X., Forms and Tables. Articles of Apprenticeship, Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktaking, Table of Relative Values of Potter's ...
— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech

... Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The Markets of the World, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of (p. c15) Potter's Material, Decorated Goods Count — Comparative Loss of Weight of Clays — Ground Felspar Calculations — The Conversion of Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight — The Cost of Prepared Earthenware Clay — Forms and Tables. Articles of Apprenticeship, Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktaking, Table of ...
— The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics • Franklin Beech

... porphyritic rock, which itself contains a considerable proportion of this substance. And Mr. Greenough has recently received, among specimens sent home by Mr. J. Burton, junior, a mass of compact epidote, with quartz and felspar, from Dokhan, in the desert between the Red Sea and the Nile. When New Holland is added to these localities, it will appear that few minerals are more ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King

... part of the Highlands to the Western continent, has more than once attracted the attention of Parliament. The Manufactures are large and comprehensive, and include the most famous distilleries in the world. The Minerals are most abundant, and amongst these may be reckoned quartz, porphyry, felspar, malachite, manganese, ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 • Various



Words linked to "Felspar" :   orthoclase, oligoclase, silicon, feldspar, atomic number 14, si, plagioclase, spar, moonstone



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