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diallage

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di⋅al⋅lage

  [dahy-uh-lij]
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–noun Mineralogy.
a variety of diopside with a laminated structure, found in gabbro and other igneous rocks.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F < Gk diallag interchange, change, n. deriv. from base of diallássein make an exchange, equiv. to di- di- 3 + allássein to change, exchange
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