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Definition of Adularia
1. n. A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.
Definition of Adularia
1. Noun. A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called ''adularescence'', and adularia with this property is called ''moonstone''. (See sanidine). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adularia
1. a mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Adularia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Adularia
Literary usage of Adularia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precious Stones by Wilbert Goodchild, Robert Dykes (1908)
"Moonstone, which is also known as Girasol, Wolf's Eye, Ceylonese Opal, and Water
Opal, is not only a variety of adularia; the term refers to the appearance ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"adularia AND OTHER SECONDARY MINERALS OF THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS. ... adularia.
Prof. JD Whitney gave an analysis of a mineral found* by him at Copper ..."
3. Outlines of Mineralogy by John Kidd (1809)
"adularia. So called frbm the word Adula, an old name of one of the heights of St.
... The fusibility of adularia is owing to the potash contained in it. ..."
4. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"The most important are: adularia, a nearly pure orthoclase, that is nearly ...
adularia Crystal with m, b, c. z and x as in Figs. 213 and 214. Also ? ..."
5. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"... Tellurium-adularia Gold Veins.—The Cripple Creek mining district, Colorado,1
is an area of gneiss, granite, and schists cut by a volcanic neck composed ..."
6. Outline of the Geology of the Globe, and of the United States in Particular by Edward Hitchcock (1856)
"... chrysoprase, at New Fane, Vermont; iolite, at Haddam, Connecticut, and Brimfield,
Massachusetts; adularia, of various colors, in Brimfield, &c.; ..."
7. A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones: Including Their History by John Mawe (1815)
"V. OPAL—AMETHYST — ROCK CRYSTAL — GARNET—adularia—LABRADOR SPAR —CAT'S EYE.
JL HE colour of Opal is milk white or pearl grey, ..."
8. A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones, Including Their History--natural by John Mawe (1813)
"ST — ROCK CRYSTAL — GARNET—adularia—LABRADOR SPAR —CAT'S EYE. A HE colour of Opal
is milk white or pearl grey, and when held between the eye and the light ..."
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