Zhèngchángshí shì chángjiàn de zàoyán kuàngwù zhī yī.
Orthoclase is one of the common rock-forming minerals.
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正 ('right-angle') refers to the mineral's monoclinic cleavage at right angles — that's the meaning of 'ortho-' in orthoclase. Compare 斜长石 (xiéchángshí, plagioclase), where 斜 ('oblique') reflects the non-right-angle cleavage.
