sanidine |
bytownite |
As nouns the difference between sanidine and bytownite
is that
sanidine is (mineralogy) a variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks it sometimes reflects a blue sheen along crystal planes this phenomenon is called
adularescence'', and sanidine with this property is called ''moonstone while
bytownite is (mineral) a plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks clear pale yellow crystals have come from mexico and oregon.
taxonomy |
sanidine |
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and sanidine
is that
taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while
sanidine is (mineralogy) a variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks it sometimes reflects a blue sheen along crystal planes this phenomenon is called
adularescence'', and sanidine with this property is called ''moonstone .