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oligoclases

oligoclases is the plural of oligoclase.

Meaning of oligoclase

Noun

oligoclase (usually uncountable, plural oligoclases)

  1. (usually) A plagioclase feldspar, the second member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Primarily found as small crystals in impure marble. Oligoclase contains a small amount of calcium substituting for some of the sodium in its formula. Oligoclase with reddish-golden inclusions found in Norway and Canada is called sunstone.

Questions about oligoclases

What is oligoclases the plural of?
Oligoclases is the plural of oligoclase.

Words near oligoclases in the dictionary

  1. oligochromatic
  2. oligochromatographic
  3. oligochromatography
  4. oligochrome
  5. oligoclase
  6. oligoclases
  7. oligoclonal
  8. oligoclonal band
  9. oligoclonal bands
  10. oligoclonality
  11. oligoclonally

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