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diallage Definition

di·al·lage (ə lij′)

noun

a greenish mineral that is a laminated variety of monoclinic pyroxene

Etymology: Fr < Gr diallagē, change, interchange < diallassein, to interchange < dia, through (see dia-) + allassein, to alter < allos, other (see else): so named from having unlike fracture planes