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Definition of Anorthosite
1. n. A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda-lime feldspar, usually labradorite.
Definition of Anorthosite
1. Noun. (geology) A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar. ¹
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Definition of Anorthosite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anorthosite
Literary usage of Anorthosite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"For this type of rock he uses the term •'anorthosite," in accordance with a ...
The more important anorthosite occurrences, both by reason of their great ..."
2. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"Mere size is no barrier to this conception. The greatest known area of anorthosite,
the Saguenay mass, is no broader than the Duluth gabbro, ..."
3. An investigation into the elastic constants of rocks: more especially with by Frank Dawson Adams, Ernest George Coker (1906)
"anorthosite, NEW GLASGOW, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, CANADA. This rock is from the great
Morin anorthosite intrusion which occupies an area of 990 square miles on ..."
4. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1896)
"this that the anorthosite is a sedimentary formation which lies ... This occurrence
became frequently cited as a proof that the anorthosite forms a series ..."
5. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"in anorthosite, of somewhat gabbroic nature for the most part. Panther Mountain,
at the south end of Upper Saranac Lake, which was climbed by the party ..."
6. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1909)
"anorthosite, GABBRO, DIORITE (in part). —According to the preponderant or
characteristic minerals there are: anorthosite ..."
7. Economic Geology by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"ECONOMIC GEOLOGY large ones occi;r in the anorthosite and may be segregations
during cooling, or actual intrusions forced into the anorthosite after partial ..."
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