noun
A yellow to white, glassy monoclinic mineral of the potassium feldspar group that forms from relatively high-temperature magmas.
Origin of sanidine
Greek sanis sanid- board (from its flat crystals) -ine 2sanidine
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural sanidines)
- (mineralogy) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. It sometimes reflects a blue sheen along crystal planes. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and sanidine with this property is called moonstone.
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