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orthoclase


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orthoclase  \Or"tho*clase\,  n.  [Ortho-  +  Gr  ?  to  break.]  (Min.) 
  Common  or  potash  feldspar  crystallizing  in  the  monoclinic 
  system  and  having  two  cleavages  at  right  angles  to  each 
  other  See  {Feldspar}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orthoclase 
  n  :  a  white  or  colored  monoclinic  feldspar 




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