sanidine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σανίς (sanís, “board”) + -ine.

Noun

sanidine (countable and uncountable, plural sanidines)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. Some forms (called moonstone) exhibit adularescence.

Translations

variety of orthoclase feldspar

• Finnish: sanidiini
• Italian: sanidino m
• Japanese: 玻璃長石 (はりちょうせき, harichōseki)

See also

• sanidine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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