Microcline
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microcline is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi₃O₈.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi₃O₈.
Word Forms
- microclines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include perthite, perthitic, twinned, orthoclase, clinoholmquistite, plagioclase.
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