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anorthosites

anorthosites is the plural of anorthosite.

Meaning of anorthosite

Noun

anorthosite (countable and uncountable, plural anorthosites)

  1. A 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

Questions about anorthosites

What is anorthosites the plural of?
Anorthosites is the plural of anorthosite.

Words near anorthosites in the dictionary

  1. anorthoscopic
  2. anorthoscopic perception
  3. anorthoscopic perceptions
  4. anorthose
  5. anorthosite
  6. anorthosites
  7. anorthositic
  8. Anos
  9. anosagnosia
  10. anoscope
  11. anoscopes

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