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Feldspar vs Bostonite - What's the difference?

feldspar | bostonite |

As nouns the difference between feldspar and bostonite

is that feldspar is any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks while Bostonite is a fine-grained, pale-colored, grey or pinkish intrusive rock, which consists essentially of alkali-feldspar.

As an adjective Bostonite is

bostonian: of, from, or pertaining to Boston.

feldspar

English

Alternative forms

* felspar

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.

    • Related terms

    * feldspathic * feldspathoid

    Derived terms

    * feldsparlike

    See also

    * albite * bytownite * andesine * anorthite * granite * labradorite * microcline * mineral * oligoclase * orthoclase * rock

    bostonite

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Bostonian: of, from, or pertaining to Boston.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) A fine-grained, pale-colored, grey or pinkish intrusive rock, which consists essentially of alkali-feldspar.
  • * (pedialite)
  • A Bostonian: a person who lives in or comes from Boston.