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Definition of microcline in English: microclinenoun ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)klʌɪnˈmaɪkroʊˌklaɪn mass nounA green, pink, or brown crystalline mineral consisting of potassium-rich feldspar, characteristic of granite and pegmatites. Example sentencesExamples - They collected several pegmatite pockets in which topaz was associated with both clear and smoky quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, fluorite, and cassiterite.
- Well-formed crystals of quartz, microcline, and albite typically line pocket walls.
- The pegmatite is composed of microcline, plagioclase and quartz with minor amounts of clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, ilmenite and zircon.
- Also associated with smoky quartz are microcline, fluorite, goethite (some as ‘onegite’), and topaz.
- The aegirine was associated with aesthetic smoky quartz, microcline, and zircon.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German Microklin, from Greek mikros 'small' + klinein 'to lean' (because its angle of cleavage differs only slightly from 90 degrees). Definition of microcline in US English: microclinenounˈmaɪkroʊˌklaɪnˈmīkrōˌklīn A green, pink, or brown crystalline mineral consisting of potassium-rich feldspar, characteristic of granite and pegmatites. Example sentencesExamples - Well-formed crystals of quartz, microcline, and albite typically line pocket walls.
- The pegmatite is composed of microcline, plagioclase and quartz with minor amounts of clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, ilmenite and zircon.
- The aegirine was associated with aesthetic smoky quartz, microcline, and zircon.
- Also associated with smoky quartz are microcline, fluorite, goethite (some as ‘onegite’), and topaz.
- They collected several pegmatite pockets in which topaz was associated with both clear and smoky quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, fluorite, and cassiterite.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German Microklin, from Greek mikros ‘small’ + klinein ‘to lean’ (because its angle of cleavage differs only slightly from 90 degrees). |