adularia

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word adularia. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word adularia, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say adularia in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word adularia you have here. The definition of the word adularia will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofadularia, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: adularía and adulária

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Named for the type locality at Adular, Switzerland.

Noun

adularia (plural adularias)

  2. (mineralogy) 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).

Translations

See also

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Adularia”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “adularia”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Catalan

Verb

adularia

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of adular

Italian

Etymology

From Adular, a Swiss locality.

Noun

adularia f (plural adularie)

  1. (mineralogy) adularia

Portuguese

Verb

adularia

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of adular

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aduˈlaɾja/
  • Rhymes: -aɾja
  • Syllabification: a‧du‧la‧ria

Noun

adularia f (plural adularias)

  1. (mineralogy) adularia

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia