Feldspathoid
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Feldspathoid is a noun meaning (mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.
Meaning
(mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.
More Meanings
- (mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
Word Forms
- feldspathoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include felspathoid, feldspath, foid, feldspar, felspar, feldspathization.
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