What's the difference between sanidine and volcanic?

Sanidine


Definition:

  • (n.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fibrous dusts (chrysotile, glass fibers, nemalite, palygorscite, and gypsum) and granular dusts (actinolite, biotite, hematite, pectolite, sanidine, and talcum) were injected intraperitoneally into rats.
  • (2) It was impossible to ascertain whether these synthetic crystals may be sanidine, orthoclase, or microcline.

Volcanic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
  • (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
  • (a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But volcanic liberation has never really been his bag.
  • (2) Future ice loss and bending of the crust due to rising sea levels have the potential ultimately to raise levels of both earthquake and volcanic activity.
  • (3) He was a prowling, volcanic presence on the touchline.
  • (4) The Texas senator Ted Cruz says the rise of Donald Trump makes him “very optimistic” the next occupant of the White House will be a conservative – perhaps himself – propelled there by the “volcanic rage” of voters.
  • (5) In summary, volcanic ash alone or in combination with SO2 had only minimal effects on certain host defense mechanisms.
  • (6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The landscape near San José I had started with a night in Rodalquilar, a white-washed village inside a large volcanic crater.
  • (7) If you only have an 20cm tin you can use that instead, but don't use all the batter – about 80% will suffice – otherwise you'll end up with a volcanic overspill, cake soldered to the floor of the oven and a frayed temper.
  • (8) Even by Congolese standards, Goma has endured much in its history , from mass looting by the army to the arrival of a million Rwandan Hutu refugees, years of cross-border wars and, in 2002, a volcanic eruption that poured a tide of lava through its heart.
  • (9) She writes about the nightmarish scenarios surrounding geoengineering, or hacking the planet, by spraying seawater into the sky to create cloud cover, or simulating a volcanic eruption to fill the lower atmosphere with ash.
  • (10) The telescope, which is perched on the summit of Mauna Kea, a volcanic island in Hawaii, picked up signs of methane in the planet's atmosphere that could not be seen by either Hubble or Spitzer .
  • (11) A thermoacidophilic micro-organism, isolated from volcanic hot springs near Naples, was cultivated in vitro, and examined by electron microscopy in sections and after negative staining.
  • (12) Festivalgoers in Edinburgh will witness the city’s birth from volcanic eruptions and the crushing force ice in a late-night spectacular that will open this year’s events.
  • (13) Triassic-Jurassic, c 200 million years ago Three-quarters of species were lost, again most likely due to another huge outburst of volcanism.
  • (14) But to do Hakone justice, find a reasonably priced ryokan and take a couple of days to explore the volcanic geysers of Owakudani, the botanical gardens, the cherry blossom in spring and Hakone shrine on the shore of the lake.
  • (15) Following the 1980 Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption, psychiatric reactions were studied in the disaster area and in a control community.
  • (16) A thousand years ago, it was responsible for one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history.
  • (17) Edinburgh’s skyline is dominated by Castle Rock, Calton Hill nearby, the dramatic volcanic remnants of Arthur’s Seat and the cliffs of Salisbury Crags , but festival events rarely focus on the city’s geological history.
  • (18) Lake Nyos sits in a crater on the edge of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic field.
  • (19) Costs of the disruption to the global airline industry caused by the volcanic ash cloud have spiralled to $1.7bn (£1.1bn), according to new estimates today from the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
  • (20) On her newest album Haze recalls discovering rap as an outlet: " I was nothing Then all of a sudden I'm a volcanic eruption. "

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