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Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

An end-member of the plagioclase feldspar series, ... consisting of calcium-aluminium silicate and containing no sodium.

OBS

... named by Rose (1832) from the Greek "an," not, and "orthos," upright, in reference to its oblique crystal form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral constituant le pôle calcique de la série des plagioclases [...], triclinique.

OBS

Étymologie : du grec an, «privé de», et orthos, «droit» (allusion à l'absence d'angle droit du système cristallin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Silicato alumínico de calcio CaAl2 Si2 O8, del grupo de los feldespatos-plagioclasas, propios de las rocas eruptivas básicas; cristaliza en el sistema triclínico.

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