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Plagioclase vs Troctolite - What's the difference?

plagioclase | troctolite |

As nouns the difference between plagioclase and troctolite

is that plagioclase is (mineralogy) any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium while troctolite is (geology) a rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase.

plagioclase

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mineralogy) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
  • *:These crystals are of one of the most abundant minerals in nature – feldspar; furthermore, they are of a particular kind of feldspar rich in the element calcium, termed plagioclase .

    • See also

    * ("plagioclase" on Wikipedia) * albite * oligoclase * andesine * labradorite * bytownite * anorthite * rock * mineral * feldspar

    troctolite

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (geology) A rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase
  • *{{quote-journal, 2009, January 16, Ian Garrick-Bethell et al., Early Lunar Magnetism, Science citation
    • , passage=Here, we report a magnetic study of an unshocked ancient rock with a well-constrained thermal history, troctolite 76535. }}

    Derived terms

    *troctolitic