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Record 1 2003-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A twinned crystal, a common form of orthoclase, in which the twinning plane is the clinodome, the resulting form having a nearly square cross section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Macle rare de l'orthoclase surtout [dont] le plan [...] est parallèle aux faces cristallines (021) et la section [...] presque carrée.

CONT

Sans la macle de Baveno, on a deux individus accolés (macle par accolement) selon un plan parallèle à une face [...]

Spanish

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