(mineralogy) A fine-grained, submicroscopic variety of perthite consisting of an intergrowth of potassic and sodic feldspar, detectable only by means of x-rays or with the aid of an electron microscope.
cryptoperthite
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(¦krip·tō′pər′thīt)
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