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Attention is directed to a number of important principles and generalisations which are emerging from the study of the very accurate information now available about felspar structures. Topics discussed are the significance of the observed Al, Si distribution; the importance of the environment of the cation K, Na, Ca or Ba and the interpretation of its apparent shape; the inter-relationships of the plagioclase structures and the development of the faulted-domain model; and the concept of a felspar constructed from building elements controlled by electrostatic forces, especially those between cation and cation.

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Es wird auf eine Anzahl wichtiger Prinzipien und Verallgemeinerungen hingewiesen, die sich aus dem Studium der nun sehr genauen Kenntnis der Feldspat-Strukturen ergeben. Die behandelten Probleme sind: die Bedeutung der beobachteten Al/Si-Verteilung; die Wichtigkeit der Umgebung der Kationen K, Na, Ca oder Ba und die Interpretation ihrer scheinbaren Gestalt; die Beziehungen zwischen den Plagioklas-Strukturen und der Entwicklung des Modells fehlgeordneter Domänen; und schließlich das Konzept eines Feldspates, der aus Bauelementen aufgebaut ist, die von elektrostatischen Kräften (vor allem zwischen den Kationen) kontrolliert werden.

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Dedicated to ProfessorF. Machatschki on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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Taylor, W.H. The felspar structures. Tschermaks min u petr Mitt 10, 5–13 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01128610

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