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Orthoclase in a sentence
Orthoclase meaning
Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi₃O₈, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. Orthoclase is the main feldspar of pegmatite occurrences, where it is most commonly flesh-colored. Orthoclase is used in the ceramic and glass industries and as a decorative gravel.
Using Orthoclase
- The main meaning on this page is: Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi₃O₈, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. Orthoclase is the main feldspar of pegmatite occurrences, where it is most commonly flesh-colored. Orthoclase is used in the ceramic and glass industries and as a decorative gravel.
- Useful related words include: feldspar, felspar.
- In the example corpus, orthoclase often appears in combinations such as: orthoclase and, of orthoclase.
Context around Orthoclase
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Orthoclase
- In this selection, "orthoclase" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pink, usually, components, feldspar, perthite and quartz stand out and add context to how "orthoclase" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include character usually orthoclase and composed of orthoclase. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "orthoclase" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with orthoclase
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The gem known as moonstone (see below) is largely composed of orthoclase. (12 words)
Feldspar (Amazonite) Perthite is either microcline or orthoclase with thin lamellae of exsolved albite. (14 words)
Composition of syenites The feldspar component of syenite is predominantly alkaline in character (usually orthoclase ). (15 words)
Microcline may be clear, white, pale-yellow, brick-red, or green; it is generally characterized by cross-hatch twinning that forms as a result of the transformation of monoclinic orthoclase into triclinic microcline. (33 words)
Leucite is very rare in plutonic masses; many minerals have special peculiarities in microscopic character according to whether they crystallized in depth or near the surface, e.g., hypersthene, orthoclase, quartz. (31 words)
Penetration twins consist of two single crystals that have grown into each other; examples of this twinning include cross-shaped staurolite twins and Carlsbad twinning in orthoclase. (27 words)
Example sentences (12)
Cleavage, parting, fracture, and tenacity main Perfect basal cleavage as seen in biotite (black), and good cleavage seen in the matrix (pink orthoclase ).
Composition of syenites The feldspar component of syenite is predominantly alkaline in character (usually orthoclase ).
Feldspar (Amazonite) Perthite is either microcline or orthoclase with thin lamellae of exsolved albite.
For example, the hydrolysis of orthoclase-feldspar transforms it to acid silicate clay and basic potassium hydroxide, both of which are more soluble.
If the latter subgroup cools slowly from a melt, it forms exsolution lamellae because the two components—orthoclase and albite—are unstable in solid solution.
In the acid rocks the common feldspars are orthoclase, perthite, microcline, and oligoclase—all having much silica and alkalis.
Leucite is very rare in plutonic masses; many minerals have special peculiarities in microscopic character according to whether they crystallized in depth or near the surface, e.g., hypersthene, orthoclase, quartz.
Microcline may be clear, white, pale-yellow, brick-red, or green; it is generally characterized by cross-hatch twinning that forms as a result of the transformation of monoclinic orthoclase into triclinic microcline.
Penetration twins consist of two single crystals that have grown into each other; examples of this twinning include cross-shaped staurolite twins and Carlsbad twinning in orthoclase.
Some intergrowths of orthoclase and albite have an attractive pale luster and are called moonstone when used in jewellery.
The gem known as moonstone (see below) is largely composed of orthoclase.
This then causes orthoclase and biotite, both K rich minerals into which Rb can substitute, to precipitate.
Common combinations with orthoclase
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- orthoclase and 3×
- of orthoclase 2×