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Quartzite vs Plagioclase - What's the difference?

quartzite | plagioclase |

As nouns the difference between quartzite and plagioclase

is that quartzite is a metamorphic rock consisting of interlocking grains of quartz while plagioclase is (mineralogy) any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.

quartzite

English

Noun

(wikipedia quartzite) (quartzites)
  • a metamorphic rock consisting of interlocking grains of quartz

    • 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