antiperthite

Natural intergrowth of feldspars formed by separation of sodium feldspar (albite) and potassium feldspar (orthoclase) during slow cooling of molten mixtures; the potassium-rich phase is evolved in a plagioclase host, exactly the inverse of perthite.

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