adularia

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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).

Έννοιες

αδουλαίος

Συνώνυμα

moonstone

adular

valencianite

Μεταφράσεις

adularia

Adular

adulaire

adularia

adulária

adulària

lunaria

pierre de lune

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Named for the type locality at Adular, Switzerland.