Feldspar Feldspar Feldspars (KAlSiO – NaAlSiO – CaAlSiO) are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that make up about 41% of the Earth's continental crust by weight. Feldspars crystallize from magma as veins in both intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks and are also present in many types of metamorphic rock. Rock formed almost entirely of calcic plagioclase feldspar (see below) is known as anorthosite. Feldspars are also found in many types of sedimentary rocks. The name "feldspar" derives from the German "Feldspat", a compound of the words "Feld", "field", and "Spat", "a rock that does not contain ore". The change from
The Cyborg from Earth In the end, Jeff finds that he is not a coward and everyone else knows that as well. The engines used by Vanguard Mining's spacecraft are Diabelli Omnivores. This particular brand of engine is used repeatedly throughout Sheffield's books, across many different fictional settings. The Cyborg from Earth The Cyborg from Earth is a 1998 science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield. It is the fourth in a series of unrelated stories, published by Tor Books in their Jupiter line. The novel starts in a future dystopian Earth where the upper class lives a life of privilege, while most others live