orthoclases
Meaning of orthoclases
noun
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.
Information about orthoclases
- It is a name.
- The singular form of orthoclases is: orthoclase.
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Hyphenation of orthoclases
or-tho-clases
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- orthoclases is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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