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plagioclase


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plagioclase  \Pla"gi*o*clase\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  oblique  +  ?  to  break.] 
  (Min.) 
  A  general  term  used  of  any  triclinic  feldspar.  See  the  Note 
  under  {Feldspar}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plagioclase 
  n  :  any  of  a  rock-forming  series  of  triclinic  feldspars  [syn:  {oligoclase}] 




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