feldspathoid English

Meaning feldspathoid meaning

What does feldspathoid mean?

feldspathoid noun

— (mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.

feldspathoid adjective

— (mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.

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