A geological process where rocks are altered or replaced by feldspar minerals, often through chemical weathering or hydrothermal activity.
From 'feldspathic' plus the suffix '-ization,' meaning a process of becoming or being converted into something. Used in mineralogy to describe metamorphic and weathering processes.
Feldspathization is how rocks literally transform—imagine heating, pressure, and hot fluids turning one mineral into feldspar over thousands of years, completely rewriting the rock's identity!
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