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Potassium feldspar

Potassium feldspar refers to a number of minerals in the feldspar group that contain large amounts of potassium in the crystal lattice.

  • Orthoclase (endmember formula KAlSi<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8</sub>), an important tectosilicate mineral that forms igneous rock
  • Microcline, chemically the same as orthoclase, but with a different crystalline structure
  • Sanidine, the high-temperature form of potassium feldspar
  • Adularia, a more ordered low-temperature variety of orthoclase or partially disordered microcline
  • Amazonite (sometimes called "Amazon stone"), a green variety of microcline