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Sanidine is the high temperature form of potassium feldspar with a general formula K(AlSi3O8). Sanidine most typically occurs in felsic volcanic rocks such as obsidian, rhyolite and trachyte. Sanidine crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. Orthoclase is a monoclinic polymorph stable at lower temperatures. At yet lower temperatures, microcl...
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• (n.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.
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alkali feldspar mineral, a high-temperature form of potassium aluminosilicate (KAlSi3O8) that sometimes occurs in surface rocks. Sanidine forms ... [5 related articles]
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San'i·dine noun [ Greek .... ..., a board. So called in allusion to the tabular crystals.]
(Min.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also
glassy feldspar .
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Sanidine is a clear, glassy, often cracked variety of orthoclase feldspar, which is confined to modern volcanic rocks, such as trachyte, rhyolite and phonolite. It is found in the Rhine, Italy and Hungary.
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(Potasium Aluminum Silicate) Sanidine is a polymorph of other minerals that share the same chemistry but have different crystal structures. If positive identification between these minerals can not be made by field methods then the specimen may simply be refered to as a potassium feldspar or K-spar. Plagioclase feldspars lack p...
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