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Definition of Perthite
1. n. A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors.
Definition of Perthite
1. Noun. (geology) A laminated mixture of two feldspars of different colours ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perthite
1. an intergrowth of two particular minerals [n -S]
Medical Definition of Perthite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perthite
Literary usage of Perthite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada by Geological Survey of Canada (1876)
"perthite. 1. Burgess, lot 3, range 8 Geological Survey. a. Specimen of perthite,
cut and polished. The perthite of Thompson occurs in large cleavable masses ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"The commonest type of quartz-porphyry shows large corroded hexagons of quartz
and phenocrysts of perthite, together with some ferromagnesian mineral now ..."
3. British Petrography: With Special Reference to the Igneous Rocks by Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1888)
"The intergrowths of the above type may be observed on all scales of magnitude
from macroscopic perthite down to the finest micro-perthite. ..."
4. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"There is reason for believing that the albite occurring as visible inclusions
within orthoclase or microcline in perthite was originally disseminated ..."
5. Mineral Exhibit of the Province of Ontario by Ontario Dept. of Mines, Bureau of Mines, Thomas W. Gibson, Ontario (1901)
"perthite 575 perthite. N. Burgess township, Lanark county. Polished specimen of
this rare ... Bureau of Mines. , 35 perthite and orthoclase N. Burgess ..."
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