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What does plagioclase mean?

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Noun
  1. (mineralogy) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
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This granulite consists of garnet, biotite, muscovite, quartz, plagioclase and cordierite.
Hornblende forms elongate prisms that define a lineation together with plagioclase.
Feldspar is dominated by microcline, but plagioclase and perthitic feldspar are also present.
This sample contains large plagioclase and pyroxene crystals, some of which have a sponge-like texture.
The Borve Series is dominated by varieties of quartzo-feldspathic schist and gneiss, composed mainly of plagioclase, quartz, and biotite.
The sample is weakly banded amphibolite-facies gneiss consisting of quartz, plagioclase, biotite and hornblende.

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