anorthite
Meanings
noun
- A variety of plagioclase feldspar, the calcium endmember of that series.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αν- (an-, “not”) + ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) "not perpendicular; less than straight", in reference to its odd.
Derived words
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.