Definition of Anorthosites

1. Noun. (plural of anorthosite) ¹

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Definition of Anorthosites

1. anorthosite [n] - See also: anorthosite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anorthosites

anorthite
anorthites
anorthitic
anorthoclase
anorthoclases
anorthography
anorthominasragrite
anorthopia
anorthopias
anorthoscope
anorthoscopes
anorthoscopic
anorthoscopic-perception
anorthoscopic perception
anorthosite
anorthosites (current term)
anorthositic
anoscope
anoscopy
anosigmoidoscopy
anosmatic
anosmia
anosmias
anosmic
anosmics
anosodiaphoria
anosognosia
anosognosias
anosognosic
anosognosic epilepsy

Literary usage of Anorthosites

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

1. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"Abnormal Features of the anorthosites.—As already observed, most plutonic or granular igneous rocks are represented in pre-Cam- brian eruptions, ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... The anorthosites of the Rainy Lake Region.—Coleman* describes a number of additional occurrences of anorthosite near Bad Vermilion Lake, Ontario. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"occur, until in the second row of hills anorthosites replace them. The exposures of limestone can only be traced a short distance on the strike, ..."

4. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Here there are great batholiths of anorthosites that grade into gabbros with augite, hypersthene and ilmenite; and into norite which occurs chiefly in the ..."

5. Report on the Geology of Clinton County [New York] by Henry Platt Cushing (1895)
"The anorthosites and gabbros were granulated and stretched in the same manner as the ... In the less feldspathic anorthosites, foliation was thus produced, ..."

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