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Definition of Anorthosites
1. anorthosite [n] - See also: anorthosite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anorthosites
Literary usage of Anorthosites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"Abnormal Features of the anorthosites.—As already observed, most plutonic or
granular igneous rocks are represented in pre-Cam- brian eruptions, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... The anorthosites of the Rainy Lake Region.—Coleman* describes a number of
additional occurrences of anorthosite near Bad Vermilion Lake, Ontario. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"occur, until in the second row of hills anorthosites replace them. The exposures
of limestone can only be traced a short distance on the strike, ..."
4. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Here there are great batholiths of anorthosites that grade into gabbros with
augite, hypersthene and ilmenite; and into norite which occurs chiefly in the ..."
5. Report on the Geology of Clinton County [New York] by Henry Platt Cushing (1895)
"The anorthosites and gabbros were granulated and stretched in the same manner as the
... In the less feldspathic anorthosites, foliation was thus produced, ..."
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