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Things feldspar often describes ("feldspar ________")
- laths
- obliquity
- porphyries
- zone
- porphyroblasts
- crystals
- quartz
- veins
- inclusions
- kaolinite
- granites
- material
- host
- aggregates
- matrix
- overgrowths
- granite
- assemblages
- augen
- replacement
- gneisses
- boundary
- composition
- grain
- glass
- basalts
- alteration
- trachyte
- ratio
- phlogopite
- pegmatite
- albite
- segregations
- quartzites
- syenite
- clay
- hornfels
- thermometers
- schists
- percent
- mining
- glaze
- solutions
- lamellae
- porcelain
- intergrowth
- component
- samples
- content
- sample
- rock
- ages
- assemblage
- gneiss
- dikes
- biotite
- lavas
- bands
- rocks
- sand
- mixtures
- sandstone
- phenocrysts
- syenites
- thermometer
- grains
- schist
- minerals
- mosaic
- mass
- muscovite
- mica
- layers
- plagioclase
- porphyry
- phase
- dissolution
- pegmatites
- boundaries
- microlites
- bearing
- field
- intergrowths
- surface
- mixing
- fig
- crystal
- pseudomorphs
- groundmass
- hornblende
- geothermometer
How feldspar often is described ("________ feldspar")
- sodic
- light
- principal
- red
- authigenic
- striated
- rare
- secondary
- original
- pinkish
- grained
- whitish
- powdered
- granular
- chief
- colored
- white
- coloured
- temperature
- clear
- much
- oligoclase
- predominant
- pink
- interstitial
- less
- abundant
- detrital
- compact
- common
- vitreous
- fresh
- alkalic
- ternary
- alkaline
- total
- twinned
- minor
- little
- glassy
- triclinic
- calcic
- pale
- potash
- reddish
- lime
- gray
- crude
- porphyritic
- opaque
- unstriated
- basic
- green
- plagioclase
- decomposed
- orthoclase
- greenish
- calcium
- aventurine
- considerable
- unaltered
- potassic
- potassium
- monoclinic
- turbid
- subordinate
- dominant
- tabular
- perthitic
- undecomposed
- pure
- quartz
- rich
- homogeneous
- coarse
- normative
- grey
- albitic
- crystalline
- weathered
- bluish
