1) Rock common in South AfricA
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Norite, also known as orthopyroxene gabbro, is a mafic intrusive igneous rock composed largely of the calcium-rich plagioclase labradorite, orthopyroxene, and olivine. Norite may be essentially indistinguishable from gabbro without thin section study under the petrographic microscope. The principal difference between norite and gabbro, however, is...
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An igneous rock with mafic composition.
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• (n.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene. • (n.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.
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A coarse grained igneous rock of basic composition consisting essentially of plagioclase (near labradorite in composition) and orthopyroxene.
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(from the article `mineral deposit`) ...Elliptical in outline (approximately 60 kilometres long by 28 kilometres wide), the complex has the shape of a funnel pointing down into the ...
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An igneous rock that is found in the lunar highlands; it is composed of plagioclase and pyroxene.
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No'rite noun [ French, from
Nor vège Norway .]
(Min.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.
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A mafic intrusive igneous rock composed largely of calcium-rich plagioclase and olivine.
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A coarse-grained igneous rock that is host to copper/nickel deposits in the Sudbury area of Ontario.
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a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
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