feldspar

«feldspar» in Mova's school dictionary: A very common group of light-coloured minerals found in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (feldspar, feldspars)

meaning for a pupil

(science) A very common group of light-coloured minerals found in many rocks, such as granite. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on rocks: granite is made of feldspar, quartz and mica. Feldspar is often pink, white or grey. It is used to make glass and pottery glaze.

examples

• Granite contains feldspar, quartz and mica. tree →
• The pink crystals in the rock are feldspar. tree →
• Feldspar is used in making glass and pottery. tree →
• We looked at feldspar under a magnifying glass. tree →
• Feldspar is softer than quartz. tree →
• Most rocks in the Earth's crust contain feldspar. tree →

note

Usually uncountable; «feldspars» for different types. Spelled feldspar (UK also felspar). On the hardness scale feldspar is 6, quartz is 7.

In the corpora

• Granite is a speckled igneous rock with big crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica, formed deep underground.
• Feldspar is the most common mineral group in the Earth's crust.

Trees and pragmatics

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