anorthosite

However, there is some question as to what name would best describe any occurrence of anorthosite together with the rock types mentioned above.

However, there is still little agreement on just what the results mean for anorthosite genesis; see the 'Origins' section below.

This is now known as 'the anorthosite problem'.

They discovered a piece of anorthosite, crystalline rock as old as the Earth.

The uncommon anorthosite bodies are composed almost entirely of labradorite.

Rock formed entirely of plagioclase feldspar is known as anorthosite.

Anorthosite plutons occur in a wide range of sizes.

Labradorite is the principal component of the igneous rock type anorthosite.

We should get to that anorthosite bedrock by the end of the first day, and then-" She took his arm.

The primary economic value of anorthosite bodies is the titanium-bearing oxide ilmenite.

He seemed to recall that the black squares were local ilmenite, the white ones were anorthosite.

The aluminum industry could shift from using bauxite to using anorthosite and clay.

It is in Essex County within the anorthosite bodies on the east flank of the range.

It is also found in metamorphosed anorthosite complexes.

They are distinct texturally and mineralogically from Proterozoic anorthosite bodies.

It is not volcanic in origin, but rather is made of anorthosite like the lunar highlands.

The rock here is anorthosite, and is similar in composition to rocks found in the mountains of the Moon.

Proposed solutions to the anorthosite problem have been diverse, with many of the proposals drawing on different geological subdisciplines.

Here it can form anorthosite layers.

The rock is almost exclusively anorthosite, Dr. Franzi said.

The banded zone is composed of alternating norite, gabbro and anorthosite.

Within the gneiss are variably-sized enclaves ranging from anorthosite to ultramafic.

He said that it was most likely anorthosite, the common bedrock of this part of the Adirondack Mountains.

Oddanchatram is an anorthosite area.

This was lunar bedrock, anorthosite, buried beyond even the probings and pulverizing of the great impactors.