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Definition of Sanidine

Sanidine
Sanidine San"i*dine, n. [Gr. ?. ?, a board. So called in allusion to the tabular crystals.] (Min.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.

Meaning of Sanidine from wikipedia

- Sanidine is the high temperature form of pot****ium feldspar with a general formula K(AlSi3O8). Sanidine is found most typically in felsic volcanic rocks...
- fine-grained groundm****. The mineral ****emblage is predominantly quartz, sanidine, and plagioclase. It is the extrusive equivalent of granite. Its high silica...
- called perthite. The higher-temperature polymorph of KAlSi3O8 is sanidine. Sanidine is common in rapidly cooled volcanic rocks such as obsidian and felsic...
- by barium. The first of these include: orthoclase (monoclinic) KAlSi3O8 sanidine (monoclinic) (K,Na)AlSi3O8 microcline (triclinic) KAlSi3O8 anorthoclase...
- Rainbow (var.) Orthoclase Unakite Plagioclase Albite Labradorite Oligoclase Sanidine Sunstone Oregon sunstone Rainbow lattice sunstone Fergusonite Ferroaxinite...
- pot****ium- and titanium-rich richterite; low aluminium diopside; and iron-rich sanidine. A variety of rare trace minerals occur. The rocks are high in pot****ium...
- albitesanidine alkali feldspar solid solution series. Intermediate members of this series, high albite, anorthoclase and high sodium sanidine are stable...
- sanidine (anorthoclase) and is often cryptoperthitic, with alternating microscopic bands of sodium feldspar (albite) and pot****ium feldspar (sanidine)...
- chemically the same as orthoclase, but with a different crystalline structure Sanidine, the high-temperature form of pot****ium feldspar (K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 Adularia...
- phenocryst content (35–50%) and mineralogical composition (plagioclase, sanidine, quartz, biotite, hornblende, sphene, apatite, zircon, Fe-Ti oxides are...