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Feldspar vs Buddingtonite - What's the difference?

feldspar | buddingtonite |

In mineral|lang=en terms the difference between feldspar and buddingtonite

is that feldspar is (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 while buddingtonite is (mineral) an ammonium feldspar with a vitreous lustre.

As nouns the difference between feldspar and buddingtonite

is that feldspar is (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 while buddingtonite is (mineral) an ammonium feldspar with a vitreous lustre.

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

    buddingtonite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineral) An ammonium feldspar with a vitreous lustre.
    • English eponyms