anorthite

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الإنجليزية - التركية
anortit
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A plagioclase feldspar, the final member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Anorthite is very rare on Earth, but abundant in moon rocks. This is because Anorthite weathers rapidly to clay minerals under atmospheric conditions. Good crystals have been found in lava-digested limestone blocks erupted from Mount Vesuvius
rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks
It is a lime feldspar
Feldspar mineral, calcium aluminosilicate (CaAl2Si2O8), that occurs as white or grayish, brittle, glassy crystals. Primarily a rock-forming mineral, it is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Anorthite occurs in basic igneous rocks (see acid and basic rocks)
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks
anorthite

    الواصلة

    an·or·thite

    التركية النطق

    änôrthayt

    النطق

    /aˈnôrˌᴛʜīt/ /æˈnɔːrˌθaɪt/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () Greek "less than straight, not perpendicular" - a reference to the odd angles at which crystals grow.
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