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Fight over land, one’s taken away mineral (8)

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I believe the answer is:

feldspar

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'mineral' is the definition.
(feldspar is a kind of mineral)

'fight over land one's taken away' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'fight' could be 'spar' (sparring is a kind of fighting) and 'spar' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for feldspar that I've seen before include "Large wading bird" , "Raw material used in glass-making, ceramics etc - red flaps (anag)" , "Rock producer" , "Common mineral" , "Abundant mineral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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