Norite is a mafic intrusive igneous rock composed largely of the calcium-rich plagioclase labradorite, orthopyroxene, and olivine. The name norite is derived...
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orthopyroxene gabbro, while a rock similar to norite but containing more clinopyroxene is called a clinopyroxene norite. Gabbros are also sometimes classified...
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impact melt sheet composed from the base up of sub layer norite, mafic norite, felsic norite, quartz gabbro, and granophyre.[citation needed] The Whitewater...
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igneous rocks norite and hypersthene-andesite, of which it forms an essential constituent. The coarse-grained labradorite-hypersthene-rock (norite) of Paul's...
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The Maniitsoq Norite Belt is a ~75 km x 15 km J-shaped belt of igneous norite intrusions, located in the Akia Terrane of the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland...
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but not limited to, jewellery, automobiles and electronics. Gabbro or norite is also quarried from parts of the complex and rendered into dimension stone...
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clinopyroxene – A silica-undersaturated plutonic rock with >90% nepheline Norite – igneous rockPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback – A hypersthene-bearing...
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the southwest and Tengah to the west. Bukit Batok largely sits on Gombak norite, a geological formation that is found in high concentrations within the...
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geological terms, black granite might be gabbro, diabase, basalt, diorite, norite, or anorthosite. Morales Demarco, Manuela; Oyhantçabal, Pedro; Stein, Karl-Jochen;...
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bronzite is a constituent of many mafic to ultramafic igneous rocks, such as, norite, gabbro, and especially peridotite, and of the serpentinites which have...
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