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anorthosite

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 1126766 Last modified 18.12.2024
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Domain astronomy
  • peamiselt plagioklassist (naatriumi või kaltsiumi sisaldusega päevakivi) koosnev jämedateraline tardkivim
  • coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock, consisting almost entirely of plagioclase
anortosiit
Usage examples
  • Anortosiit on levinud kivim näiteks Kuul. Kuu mägismaad koosnevadki peamiselt anortosiidist, „mered“ aga basaldist.
anorthosite
Usage examples
  • From Earth, lunar anorthosite is visible as the light-colored, highly reflective parts of the Moon’s surface known as the lunar highlands.

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