Translation for "orthoclase" to german
Orthoclase
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The most important kinds of feldspar, for your information, are orthoclase, albite, and labradorite.
Die wichtigsten Feldspate sind Orthoklas, Albit, Labradorit, damit du es weißt.
    A variety of orthoclase feldspar, moonstone exhibits a faint but characteristic fluorescence when subjected to X-ray radiation.     Moonstone, so called because when held to light, presents silvery play of colour not unlike that of the moon. Colour, usually white, known to mineralogists as schillerisation, from German word 'schiller’ meaning iridescence.
Mondstein, Eisspat, Mineral, klare, meist farblose Abart des Orthoklases; zeigt unter Röntgenbestrahlung ein schwaches, jedoch charakteristisches Fluoreszieren. Stücke mit bläulichem Lichtglimmen. Dem silbrigen Far-benspiel des Mondes nicht unähnlich – daher der Name.
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