pleochroic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pleochroic
Example Sentences
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The andalusite may be pink and is then often pleochroic in thin sections, or it may be white with the cross-shaped dark enclosures of the matrix which are characteristic of chiastolite.
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The eye of the observer placed at e will see two images of the square aperture, and if a pleochroic crystal be placed in front of this aperture the two images will be differently coloured.
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Hypersthene, when present, is often strikingly pleochroic in colours varying from pink to bright green.
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When polarized light is passed through a transparent plate of a pleochroic mineral, the colour will vary with the direction in which the light-vibrations take place.
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The pleochroism is strong, the pleochroic colours being usually green, yellow and brown.
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