Norite
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (such as labradorite) and hypersthene. countable, uncountable
"1901, Joseph Hyde Pratt, The Occurrence and Distribution of Corundum in the United States, Geological Survey Bulletin 180, United States Department of the Interior, page 27, Where hypersthene prevails the rocks are grouped as norites, being subdivided into normal norite, horneblende-norite, mica-norite, and augite-norite, according to the presence of these different minerals in the rock."
Example
More examples"1901, Joseph Hyde Pratt, The Occurrence and Distribution of Corundum in the United States, Geological Survey Bulletin 180, United States Department of the Interior, page 27, Where hypersthene prevails the rocks are grouped as norites, being subdivided into normal norite, horneblende-norite, mica-norite, and augite-norite, according to the presence of these different minerals in the rock."
Etymology
From French Norvège (“Norway”) + -ite.
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