are also very useful for radiometric dating of rhyolite ash beds by the K-Ar dating method.

Composition

Although the ideal composition of sanidine is 64.76 wt% SiO₂, 18.32 wt% Al₂O₃, and 16.72 wt% K₂O, natural sanidine incorporates significant sodium, calcium,

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