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feldspar

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Feldspar

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Etymology

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Partial calque of German Feldspat, formed from Feld (field) Spat (spar), the second element replaced with the English cognate spar.

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feldspar (countable and uncountable, plural feldspars)

  1. (mineralogy) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust.

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