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English
Etymology
From adularia + -escence.
Pronunciation
Noun
adularescence (uncountable)
- The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.
Translations
bluish sheen along crystal faces
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