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Definition of Andesine

1. n. A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.

Definition of Andesine

1. Noun. (minerology) Sodium calcium aluminum silicate, ($Na\_xCa\_xAlSi\_3O\_8$), a plagioclase feldspar, the third member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series. Found in fine-grained andesite lavas; crystals are rarely seen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Andesine

1. a feldspar [n -S] - See also: feldspar

Medical Definition of Andesine

1. A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Andesine

Literary usage of Andesine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"The augite-andesite of Table Mountain, Col., 34, 7, is an orthoclase- bearing andesine-lava, with 98 per cent of feldspathic constituents. ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1843)
"... cleavage than that mineral, and its cleavage-surfaces are not so well defined. The andesine is imbedded in a greyish-white mass, which is termed ..."

3. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1857)
"... labradorite, andesine, and oligo- clase, have been created between albite on the one hand, and anorthite on the other. I therefore some time since ..."

4. The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand by William Johnson Sollas, Alexander McKay (1905)
"... extinguishing at 13°/17J; others are not twinned, and extinguish parallel, yet these have a ri above balsam, and are therefore oligoclase to andesine. ..."

5. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"(b) If the angle is 20° or less, an ambiguity occurs which cannot be removed by this method; viz. between albite and andesine or andesine-labradorite and ..."

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