anorthic
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of anorthic
C19: from an- + ortho- + -ic
Example Sentences
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CYANITE, a native aluminium silicate, Al2SiO5, crystallizing in the anorthic system.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
There are also placed in the anorthic class a potash-felspar called microcline, and a rare soda-potash-felspar known as anorthoclase.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Ha�y in 1799, on account of the characteristic thin wedge-like form of its anorthic crystals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
In anorthic crystals there is no relation between the optical and crystallographic directions, and the exact determination of the optical orientation is often a matter of considerable difficulty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
It is a sodium and aluminium silicate, NaAlSi3O8, and crystallizes in the anorthic system.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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