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What does anorthosites mean?

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  1. plural of anorthosite
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For example, the mare basalts were depleted in aluminum and europium, whereas the anorthosites were loaded with aluminum and enriched in europium.
Its amount increases abruptly close to the contacts of the anorthosites with silicic rocks, where perthitic alkali feldspar partly replaces plagioclase.
Indeed, pegmatites from gabbros to granites to carbonatites to anorthosites are known.

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