What is the meaning of Feldspath?

(n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish or greenish.
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