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plagioclase (n.)
"triclinic feldspar," 1868, from German, coined 1847 by German mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791-1873) from
plagio-
+ Greek
klasis
"fracture," from stem of
klan
"to break" (see
clastic
). Related:
Plagioclastic
.
