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Definition of: pericline
(per′ə·klīn) noun
One of the varieties of albite found in the Swiss Alps in the form of white twinned crystals. [<Gk. periklinēs sloping all around <peri- around + klinein lean; with ref. to the large inclination between the terminal and lateral faces of the crystals]
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