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sanidine

sanidine noun: a variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. Some forms (called moonstone) exhibit adularescence.

Noun

sanidine (countable and uncountable, plural sanidines)

  1. A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. Some forms (called moonstone) exhibit adularescence.

Forms of sanidine

pluralsanidines

Origin of sanidine

From Ancient Greek σανίς (sanís, “board”) + -ine.

Questions about sanidine

What does sanidine mean?
Sanidine means a variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. Some forms (called moonstone) exhibit adularescence.
What part of speech is sanidine?
Sanidine is a noun.
What is the plural of sanidine?
The plural of sanidine is sanidines.

Words near sanidine in the dictionary

  1. Sanibor
  2. sanicle
  3. sanicles
  4. Sanidhya
  5. sanidic
  6. sanidine
  7. sanidines
  8. sanidinite
  9. sanies
  10. sanification
  11. sanifications

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