Look up: adularia

1. Adularia
   (KALSi3O8) A colourless translucent variety of potash feldspar.
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2. adularia
   a milky-white, translucent feldspar with a pearly luster, used as a gem. Category: Chemistry
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3. Adularia
   Ad`u·la'ri·a noun [ From Adula , a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found.] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone .
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4. adularia
   <chemical> A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; called by lapidaries moonstone. ... Origin: From Adula, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. Adularia
   • (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.
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6. adularia
   a feldspar mineral and potassium aluminosilicate (KAlSi3O8). It commonly forms colourless, glassy, prismatic, twinned crystals in low-temperature ...
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7. Adularia
   Adularia (Moonstone) is a semi-precious, clear, transparent, glassy form of potash feldspar which is found mainly in the crevices of crystalline schists and gneisses, often in beautifully perfect crystals. It has sometimes a pearly, opalescent reflection or play of colours. It derives its name from ...
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8. Adularia
   incrustations. `Adularia` is a tectosilicate mineral with formula KAlSi₃O₈. It is a form of orthoclase which crystallizes at unusually low temperatures. It is found in the Adula Mountains of Switzerland. The genesis is usually hydrothermal (low temperature alpine ve...
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