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Figure 1: Schematic diagram showing ordered (left) and disordered (right) arrays within a structure having two kinds of sites (type 1 and type 2) and two types of occupants (x atoms and y atoms). In the ordered structure all x atoms are distributed uniformly in the spaces between the y atoms, whereas in the disordered structure no regular arrangement obtains. Figure 2: Twinning in feldspars. alkalic syenite granite Figure 42: Granitic rock consisting of reddish orange feldspar, nearly white quartz, and green epidote that appears to have been introduced into an original quartz-feldspar granite. This rock, sometimes called unakite, is used widely in jewelry. Bowen's reaction series
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William L. Brown (ed.), Feldspars and Feldspathoids: Structures, Properties, and Occurrences (1984); Joseph V. Smith and William L. Brown, Feldspar Minerals, 2nd rev. and extended ed. (1988), the most comprehensive, well-illustrated treatment.

R.V. Dietrich

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Modified link of Web site: International Gem Society - Is Feldspar Expensive? Sep 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Feldspar reduces fault frictional healing rate under hydrothermal conditions. May 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Government of Jordan - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources - Feldspar; the backbone of the ceramic and porcelain industry (PDF). Apr 03, 2025
Add new Web site: European Geosciences Union - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics - Feldspar minerals as efficient deposition ice nuclei (PDF). Feb 17, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Dissolution Behavior of Feldspar Minerals in Various Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Acids. Oct 01, 2024
Add new Web site: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Feldspar Processing. Aug 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Clark Science Center at Smith College - Feldspars. Jun 28, 2024
Add new Web site: International Gem Society - Is Feldspar Expensive? Apr 04, 2024
Add new Web site: The Open University - OpenLearn - Feldspars. Jan 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Minerals Education Coalition - Feldspar. Jun 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources - Feldspars. Mar 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Feldspar Processing. Feb 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Feldspars. Dec 16, 2022
Add new Web site: Geology.com - Feldspar. Sep 27, 2022
Removed two tables. Aug 09, 2018
Add new Web site: University of Waterloo - Earth Sciences Museum - Feldspar. Mar 03, 2014
Text added noting top-producing countries of feldspar. Aug 23, 2013
Add new Web site: Mineral Zone - Feldspar. Dec 15, 2010
Article revised. Apr 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Feldspar. Jan 27, 2008
Article revised and updated. Dec 08, 2006
Article added to new online database. Oct 27, 1998
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