OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 15557

plagioclase

/ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒɪ.əˌkleɪz/
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plagioclasa
Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
These crystals are of one of the most abundant minerals in nature – feldspar; furthermore, they are of a particular kind of feldspar rich in the element calcium, termed plagioclase…
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