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Meaning of OLIGOCLASE

Pronunciation:  'âlugow`klas

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of a rock-forming series of triclinic feldspars
 
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 Synonyms: plagioclase
 
 See Also: albite, anorthite, basalt, feldspar, felspar, white feldspar

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ol"i*go*clase\, n. [Oligo- + Gr. ? fracture, fr. ?
to break.] (Min.)
A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See {Feldspar}.
 

 

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