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plagioclase

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Magnesium is the 12th-most abundant element in the solar system, and could be mined from olivine-plagioclase asteroids.

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

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noun

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

Definitions

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noun

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

Example sentences

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Magnesium is the 12th-most abundant element in the solar system, and could be mined from olivine-plagioclase asteroids.

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Silicon on lunar regolith is mostly plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine.

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Whereas magmas at mid-ocean ridges become enriched in iron because of the crystallisation of plagioclase feldspar, at subduction zones the presence of water suppresses feldspar crystallisation, instead producing 'wet' minerals like amphibole.

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The chamber, in cooling, tends to form strata, as developing crystals settle within it like snow -- olivine, plagioclase, pyroxene snow -- but above these cumulate bands it becomes essentially a massive gabbro shading upward into plagiogranite as the magmatic juices chemically differentiate themselves in ways that relate to temperature.

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How do you use plagioclase in a sentence?

Magnesium is the 12th-most abundant element in the solar system, and could be mined from olivine-plagioclase asteroids.

What does plagioclase mean?

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

What part of speech is plagioclase?

plagioclase is commonly used as noun.