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# feldspar

«feldspar» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very common group of light-coloured minerals found in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (feldspar, feldspars)

### meaning for a pupil

(science) A very common group of light-coloured minerals found in many rocks, such as granite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on rocks: granite is made of feldspar, quartz and mica. Feldspar is often pink, white or grey. It is used to make glass and pottery glaze.

### examples

- Granite contains feldspar, quartz and mica. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/#x1)
- The pink crystals in the rock are feldspar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/#x2)
- Feldspar is used in making glass and pottery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/#x3)
- We looked at feldspar under a magnifying glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/#x4)
- Feldspar is softer than quartz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/#x5)
- Most rocks in the Earth's crust contain feldspar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/#x6)

### note

Usually uncountable; «feldspars» for different types. Spelled feldspar (UK also felspar). On the hardness scale feldspar is 6, quartz is 7.

### In the corpora

- [Granite is a speckled igneous rock with big crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica, formed deep underground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/7/)
- [Feldspar is the most common mineral group in the Earth's crust.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feldspar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feldspar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.