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  1. noun
    any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium

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  • si a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
  • granite plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
  • silicon a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
  • spar any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
  • basalt the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
  • moonstone a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar
  • orthoclase a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
  • plagioclase any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
  • kaoline a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
  • albitic of or related to albite feldspar
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