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Definition of Plagioclases
1. plagioclase [n] - See also: plagioclase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plagioclases
Literary usage of Plagioclases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"In such rocks the more siliceous plagioclases are more plentiful than the less
... The plagioclases develop abundantly as autogenic constituents in the ..."
2. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1889)
"But it appears that quite broad lamellae in the embedded and rock-making plagioclases
are chiefly confined to the more basic series. ..."
3. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"The plagioclases are light-colored, but pinkish and greenish shades are less ...
The most brilliantly colored plagioclases are some forms of labradorite, ..."
4. Minerals in Rock Sections: The Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals in by Lea McIlvaine Luquer (1913)
"The lamellae are generally thinner than in the plagioclases and more "
spindle-shaped."* Furthermore the rather obscure triclinic crystallization is shown ..."
5. Minerals in Rock Sections: The Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals in by Lea McIlvaine Luquer (1908)
"The lamellae are generally thinner than in the plagioclases and more " spindle-shaped."
* Furthermore the rather obscure triclinic crystallization is shown ..."
6. Determinations of Latitude, Gravity, and the Magnetic Elements at Stations by Erasmus Darwin Preston, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1894)
"Under the microscope a dense, almost opaque ground mass, crowded full of granules
of iron ore and lath-shaped plagioclases. ..."
7. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"In such rocks the more siliceous plagioclases are more plentiful than the less
... The plagioclases develop abundantly as autogenic constituents in the ..."
8. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1889)
"But it appears that quite broad lamellae in the embedded and rock-making plagioclases
are chiefly confined to the more basic series. ..."
9. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"The plagioclases are light-colored, but pinkish and greenish shades are less ...
The most brilliantly colored plagioclases are some forms of labradorite, ..."
10. Minerals in Rock Sections: The Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals in by Lea McIlvaine Luquer (1913)
"The lamellae are generally thinner than in the plagioclases and more "
spindle-shaped."* Furthermore the rather obscure triclinic crystallization is shown ..."
11. Minerals in Rock Sections: The Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals in by Lea McIlvaine Luquer (1908)
"The lamellae are generally thinner than in the plagioclases and more " spindle-shaped."
* Furthermore the rather obscure triclinic crystallization is shown ..."
12. Determinations of Latitude, Gravity, and the Magnetic Elements at Stations by Erasmus Darwin Preston, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1894)
"Under the microscope a dense, almost opaque ground mass, crowded full of granules
of iron ore and lath-shaped plagioclases. ..."
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