feldspathic in English

adjective
1
(of a mineral or rock) of the nature of or containing feldspar.
Neither sample showed optical evidence for postformation alteration in the form of chloritized veins or sericitization of feldspathic minerals or micas.

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1. Poorly sorted, feldspathic, clastic sediments disconformably overlie the evaporite sediments and adjacent basement rocks composed of metasediments and granite.

2. Augitite: In petrography , a non-feldspathic, basaltic rock consisting essentially of augite and magnetite with a generally scanty glass base

3. The dacitic rocks associated with the porphyry copper-gold mineralization have porphyritic textures with phenocrysts of alkali feldspar, plagioclase, biotite, and very rare amphibole in a fine-grained feldspathic groundmass.

4. Batholithic rocks formed from the mixing of basaltic and quartzo- feldspathic end-member magmas, and the removal of variable propor­ tions of plagioclase and mafic minerals, principally hornblende

5. The effects of surface finish on flexural strength of a feldspathic porcelain, Aluminous porcelain, and a computer aided design-computer aided machining porcelain (Vitabloc MKI) were examined

6. Bulk-compositional modification was accompanied by the formation of almandine-rich garnet and (or) relatively ferruginous hornblende in medium-grade (epidote–amphibolite to lower amphibolite facies) mylonites derived from both mafic and quartzo-feldspathic rocks.

7. The first-generation monoblocks made of feldspathic ceramic material have largely been replaced by reinforced ceramic with silica (feldspar, leucite, and lithium disilicate), non-silica (alumina and zirconia), and Accombination of resin-ceramic–based materials resulting in a 3- to 11-fold increase in flexural strength