orthoclastic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of orthoclastic
1875–80; < German orthoklastisch, equivalent to ortho- ortho- + -klastisch clastic
Example Sentences
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There are consequently two series of felspars, one termed orthoclastic or orthotomous, and the other plagioclastic or clinotomous.
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Both plagioclastic and orthoclastic aventurine occur at several localities in the United States.
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If arranged with reference to their cleavage they are ORTHOCLASTIC, the fracture taking place always at a right angle; or PLAGIOCLASTIC, in which the cleavages are oblique to one another.
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Orthoclase is orthoclastic and monoclinic; all the other feldspars are plagioclastic and triclinic.
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