Definition of Andesines

1. andesine [n] - See also: andesine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Andesines

and your little dog too
andabatism
andalusite
andalusites
andante
andantes
andantini
andantino
andantinos
ande
andelmin
andersen sampler
andersonite
andersson lesion
andesine
andesines (current term)
andesite
andesites
andesitic
andesyte
andesytes
andira
andirine
andiron
andirons
andorite
andorra
andosite
andouille
andouilles

Literary usage of Andesines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1922)
"... DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY itive, that is Z = Bx, while anorthite is negative or X = Bx; for certain andesines the axial angle is sensibly 90°. Fig. ..."

2. The Geology of the Coama-Guayama District, Porto Rico by Edwin Thomas Hodge (1920)
"Most of these andesines are fresh and clear, though a few are slightly altered to chlorite and zeolites. A few crystals of labradorite, less of orthoclase ..."

3. Elements of Optical Mineralogy: An Introduction to Microscopic Petrography by Newton Horace Winchell, Alexander Newton Winchell (1908)
"These maxima, alone, are sufficient to identify the oligo- clases (o° to 5°), the basic andesines (more than 16°, less than 22°), ..."

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