anorthosite

Noun

 * 1)  A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar.
 * 2) * 1863, T. Sterry Hunt, "On the Chemical and Mineralogical Relations of Metamorphic Rocks", The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume XXXVI, November, 1863, page 224:
 * The second, or Labrador series is characterized, as already remarked, by the predominance of great beds of anorthosite, composed chiefly of triclinic feldspars

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 斜長岩
 * Danish: anortosit
 * Finnish: anortosiitti
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: anortositt
 * Nynorsk: anortositt
 * Polish: anortozyt
 * Portuguese: anortosita
 * Russian: