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Norite - Wikipedia
Norite is a mafic intrusive igneous rock composed largely of the calcium-rich plagioclase labradorite, orthopyroxene, and olivine.
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Norite - ALEX STREKEISEN
Norite is a coarse-grained basic igneous rock dominated by essential calcic plagioclase and orthopyroxene.
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Norite : Properties, Formation, Occurrence, Compositions
Norite is a type of igneous rock that is primarily composed of the mineral orthopyroxene, along with plagioclase feldspar.
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norite
ˈnorite Geol. and Min. (ˈnɔəraɪt) [f. Nor(way) + -ite.] A variety of gabbro or granite.1878 tr. Cotta's Rocks 143 The norite of Scheerer is a compound of hypersthene or diallage, labradorite, orthoclase (containing soda), and even some quartz. 1885 Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) 154 Norite. Under thi...
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Norite | AMNH
This norite is composed of plagioclase (labradorite, white) and orthopyroxene (bronzite, brown). The norite layer is above the harzburgite.
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Norite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Norite is defined as a type of igneous rock characterized by a specific stratigraphy that includes variations such as Quartz Norite and Mafic Norite, often ...
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Norite: Mineral information, data and localities. - Mindat.org
A gabbro where the main mafic mineral is orthopyroxene. A coarse-grained plutonic rock containing basic plagioclase (labradorite) as the chief constituent.
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Adelong Norite - National Rock Garden
Norite is an uncommon rock in Australia, but the small town of Adelong, near Tumut, in the Snowy Mountains, has norite rocks outcropping right in town.
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[PDF] 77215 - Cataclastic Norite - Lunar and Planetary Institute
77215 is a friable breccia that broke up into many pieces on the way back from the moon (figure 1). Some pieces have small areas of unbrecciated norite with ...
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NORITE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of NORITE is a variety of gabbro consisting of a granular aggregate of basic plagioclase, orthorhombic pyroxene, and usually some magnetite.
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Wehrlite
Another occurrence is as cumulate in gabbro and norite layered intrusions. Some meteorites can also be classified as wehrlites (e.g. NWA 4797).
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hypersthenite
hypersthenite Min. (haɪpəsˈθiːnaɪt) [f. hypersthene + -ite.] A dark granite-like aggregate of hypersthene and labradorite; also called hyperite and norite.1849 Murchison Siluria App. C. 537 ‘Greenstones’..are different varieties of hypersthenite and gabbro. 1879 Rutley Study Rocks xiii. 249 The hype...
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Maniitsoq Norite Belt
The Maniitsoq Norite Belt is a ~75 km x 15 km J-shaped belt of igneous norite intrusions, located in the Akia Terrane of the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland The Maniitsoq Norite Belt was interpreted to have formed in an ultra-hot orogeny due to the combination of norite formation from depleted mantle melting
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Norian
Norian, a. Geol. (ˈnɔːriən) [f. norite n. + -ian 1.] Of, pertaining to, or designating the second of the three stages constituting the Upper Triassic in Europe. Also absol.1872 C. H. Hitchcock in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. III. 44 Recently Dr. T. Sterry Hunt has briefly described the various localities where ...
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Mangerite
It often occurs in association with norite, anorthosite, charnockite and rapakivi granite in Proterozoic metamorphic belts.
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