MICROCLINE

Etymology

Noun

microcline (countable and uncountable, plural microclines)

(mineral) A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi3O8.

Hyponyms

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Source: Wiktionary


Mi"cro*cline, n. Etym: [Micro- + Gr. (Min.)

Definition: A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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