adularia

Named for the type locality at Adular, Switzerland.

adularia (plural adularias)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).

• adularescence
• adularescent

• rock
• mineral
• gemstone

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Adularia”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “adularia”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

From Adular, a Swiss locality.

adularia f (plural adularie)

1. (mineralogy) adularia

adularia

1. first/third-person singular conditional of adular

• IPA^(key): /aduˈlaɾja/ [a.ð̞uˈla.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: a‧du‧la‧ria

adularia f (plural adularias)

1. (mineralogy) adularia

• “adularia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014