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Zeolite vs Feldspar - What's the difference?

zeolite | feldspar |

As nouns the difference between zeolite and feldspar

is that zeolite is any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure; they are used in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography while 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.

zeolite

English

(wikipedia zeolite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineralogy) Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure; they are used in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography.

    • 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