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Feldspar vs Mica - What's the difference?

feldspar | mica |

As nouns the difference between feldspar and mica

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 mica is any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

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

    mica

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia mica)
  • Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

    • See also

    * biotite * lepidolite * muscovite * paragonite * phlogopite

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