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 Definitions of adularia  [ˌædʒ əˈlɛər i ə]  

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Definition of 'adularia' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) adularia
a sometimes opalescent variety of orthoclase formed at a low temperature.

Etymology:  (1790–1800; < It < F adulaire, after Adula a mountain group in Switzerland; see -ary)

Definition of 'adularia' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) adularia
a transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone

'adularia' - Nearby Entries  

adstrict  adstrictory  adstringent  adularia  adulatress  adulter  adulteries  



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