Meanings
nounanorthosite (countable and uncountable, plural anorthosites)
plural anorthosites
- countableuncountablegeographyA phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar.
The second, or Labrador series is characterized, as already remarked, by the predominance of great beds of anorthosite, composed chiefly of triclinic feldspars […]
1863, T. Sterry Hunt, "On the Chemical and Mineralogical Relations of Metamorphic Rocks", The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume XXXVI, November, 1863, page 224
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 斜長岩 /斜长岩
- 斜長岩 /斜长岩 (xiéchángyán)a phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
Danish anortosit
- anortosita phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
Finnish anortosiitti
- anortosiittia phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
French anorthosite
- anorthositea phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
Norwegian Bokmål anortositt
- anortositta phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
Polish anortozyt
- anortozyta phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
Portuguese anortosita
- anortositaa phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
Russian анортози́т
- анортози́т (anortozít)a phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock
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APA
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Chicago
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