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perthite

perthite noun: a laminated mixture of two feldspars: plagioclase and either orthoclase or microcline.

Noun (1)

perthite (countable and uncountable, plural perthites)

  1. A laminated mixture of two feldspars: plagioclase and either orthoclase or microcline.

Noun (2) capitalized: Perthite

Perthite (plural Perthites)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Perth, capital of Western Australia, Australia.

Forms of perthite

pluralperthites
pluralPerthites

Origin of perthite

From Perth, Ontario + -ite.

From Perth + -ite.

Words formed from perthite

Questions about perthite

What does perthite mean?
Perthite means a laminated mixture of two feldspars: plagioclase and either orthoclase or microcline.
What part of speech is perthite?
Perthite is a noun.
What is the plural of perthite?
The plural of perthite is perthites.

Words near perthite in the dictionary

  1. Perthians
  2. perthiocyanate
  3. perthiocyanates
  4. perthiocyanic acid
  5. perthiocyanogen
  6. perthite
  7. perthites
  8. perthitic
  9. perthitically
  10. Perthonalities
  11. Perthonality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perthite (page history and authors); Perthite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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