(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:38:03

Or"tho*clase (?), n. [Ortho- + Gr. to break.] Min.

Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar.

 

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