| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point.[Websters]
2. A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DIALLAGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DIALLAGE
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A mineral, the smaragdite of Saussure, of a lamellar or foliated structure. Its subspecies are green diallage, metalloidal diallage and bronzite. The metalloidal subspecies is called schillersteing, or shiller spar.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | A dark green or bronze-colored monoclinic pyroxene, which in addition to the prismatic cleavages has others parallel to the vertical pinacoids. Mohs hardness, 4; sp gr, 3.2 to 3.35. Used also as a prefix to many rocks containing the mineral. See also: pyroxene. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: DIALLAGE
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| Green diallage | (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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