adularia

Betekenis (Engels)

A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).

Sinonieme

moonstone

adular

valencianite

Vertalings

adularia

Adular

adulaire

adularia

adulària

αδουλαίος

adulária

lunaria

pierre de lune

Etimologie (Engels)

Named for the type locality at Adular, Switzerland.