How to Use "plagioclase" with Example Sentences

1. This could melt the plagioclase and reset its age .

2. But measuring the age of lunar plagioclase , samples of which were collected by apollo astronauts , is fraught with uncertainty .

3. Evidence for an early lunar magma ocean comes from orbital data showing an abundance of plagioclase , a lightweight mineral that crystallises from and floats to the top of magma .

4. But clive neal of the university of notre dame in indiana says some of the plagioclase - including this sample - might simply have melted again after the moon formed .

5. Aventurine is a combination of two gems named plagioclase feldspar and the other is quartz .