feldspathoid

Meanings

Noun

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.

Adjective

Resembling a feldspar.

Related

Narrower meaning words

analcime, cancrinite, hauynite, kalsilite, lazurite, leucite, nepheline, nosean, sodalite

Origin

From German Feldspat -oid.

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