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feldspathoid

Speech parts

1. feldspathoid - Noun

2. feldspathoid - Adjective

Meaning

feldspathoid (countable and uncountable, plural feldspathoids)

(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 (not comparable)

(mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Rare feldspathoid -rich mafic rocks, akin to alkali basalts, may have Na 2 O + K 2 O contents of 12% or more. Source: Internet

Except these last, practically all rocks contain felspars or feldspathoid minerals. Source: Internet

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