plagioclase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.

/ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒɪ.əˌkleɪz/ /ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒi.əˌkleɪs/ /ˈplæd͡ʒ.i.əˌkleɪs/ /ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒi.əˌkleɪz/ /ˈplæd͡ʒ.i.əˌkleɪz/ En-plagioclase.ogg

plagioclase plagioclases

From plagio- + -clase, after German Plagioklas.

albite oligoclase andesine labradorite bytownite anorthite rock mineral feldspar

plagioclasic

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