Meaning | Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium. |
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Synonym | feldspar |
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Narrower | moonstone | A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster |
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orthoclase | A white or colored monoclinic feldspar |
plagioclase, oligoclase | Any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks |
Broader | spar | Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |
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Substances | silicon, Si, atomic number 14 | A tetravalent nonmetallic element |
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Spanish | feldespato |
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Catalan | feldspat |
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