anorthosite (Q41691): Difference between revisions

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(‎Created claim: same as (P84): https://macrostrat.org/api/defs/lithologies?lith=anorthosite)
(‎Changed label, description and/or aliases in en, and other parts: Updated rock class item with Geoscience Ontology GSRM data)
description / endescription / en
A coarse-grained crystalline rock consisting mostly of calcic plagioclase (>90%, usually labradorite) with <10% mafics
Anorthositic rock that contains between 0 and 5 percent quartz and no feldspathoid mineral in the QAPF fraction. QAPF field 10.
Property / same as
 
Property / same as: https://w3id.org/gso/rockmaterial/anorthosite / rank
 
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Revision as of 13:56, 24 October 2023

Anorthositic rock that contains between 0 and 5 percent quartz and no feldspathoid mineral in the QAPF fraction. QAPF field 10.
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anorthosite
Anorthositic rock that contains between 0 and 5 percent quartz and no feldspathoid mineral in the QAPF fraction. QAPF field 10.

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