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English
Etymology
From German Feldspath (“feldspar”) + -oid.
Noun
feldspathoid (countable and uncountable, plural feldspathoids)
- (mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
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Adjective
feldspathoid (not comparable)
- (mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.
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