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diallage

[ dahy-uh-lij ]

noun

Mineralogy.
  1. a variety of diopside with a laminated structure, found in gabbro and other igneous rocks.


diallage

/ ˈ»å²¹ÉªÉ™±ôɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. a green or brownish-black variety of the mineral augite in the form of layers of platelike crystals
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diallage1

1795–1805; < French < Greek »å¾±²¹±ô±ô²¹²µá¸— interchange, change, noun derivative from base of »å¾±²¹±ô±ôá²õ²õ±ð¾±²Ô make an exchange, equivalent to di- di- 3 + ²¹±ô±ôá²õ²õ±ð¾±²Ô to change, exchange
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diallage1

C19: from Greek »å¾±²¹±ô±ô²¹²µÅ§ interchange
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After correctly spelling back-to-back German-derived words — Kneippism and schlieren — he was knocked out by diallage, a dark green or bronze-colored laminated pyroxene common in certain igneous rocks.

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Gabbro, gab′ro, n. a rock composed of feldspar and diallage—also Euphotide.—n.

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Diallage, dī′al-Äj, n. a mineral nearly allied to augite, brown, gray, or green in colour, laminated in structure, with a metallic lustre when broken across.—adjs.

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In some gabbros and norites reaction rims of fibrous hornblende are found around both hypersthene and diallage where these are in contact with felspar.

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These basic holocrystalline rocks form a large and numerous class which can be subdivided into many groups according to their mineral composition; if we take it that typical gabbro consists of plagioclase and augites or diallage, norite of plagioclase and hypersthene, and troctolite of plagioclase and olivine, we must add to these olivine-gabbro and olivine-norite in which that mineral occurs in addition to those enumerated above.

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