anorthite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek "less than straight, not perpendicular" - a reference to the odd angles at which crystals grow.

Noun

anorthite (plural anorthites)

(mineralogy) A variety of plagioclase feldspar, the calcium endmember of that series.

Translations

mineral

Catalan: anortita f
Finnish: anortiitti
Italian: anortite f
Japanese: 灰長石 (かいちょうせき, haichōseki)

Portuguese: anortita f
Serbo-Croatian: anortit (sh) m
Spanish: anortita f

Further reading

“Anorthite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“anorthite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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