adularia

See also: adularía and adulária

English

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).

Related terms

• adularescence
• adularescent

Translations

variety of orthoclase feldspar

• Finnish: adulaari
• German: Adular (de) m
• Polish: adular (pl) m
• Portuguese: adulária f
• Spanish: adularia (es) f

See also

• rock
• mineral
• gemstone

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Adularia”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “adularia”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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/ [a.ð̞uˈla.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: a‧du‧la‧ria

Noun

adularia f (plural adularias)

1. (mineralogy) adularia

Further reading

• “adularia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10