# microcline

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi₃O₈.

## Etymology
From micro- (“small”) + -cline.

## Source
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