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Meaning of ORTHOCLASE

Pronunciation:  'owrthow`kleys

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
 
 See Also: feldspar, felspar

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 

 

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