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Definition of Perthites

Perthite
Perthite Perth"ite, n. [So called from Perth, in canada.] (Min.) A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors. -- Per*thit"ic, a.

Meaning of Perthites from wikipedia

- varieties of pot****ium feldspar, amazonite and moonstone are variant colored perthites. Le Maitre R.W.; Streckeisen A.; Zanettin B.; Le Bas M.J.; Bonin B.; Bateman...
- Pahangite (also "Pahangese") Patna → Patnaites Penang → Penangite Perth → Perthites (also "Perthian" and "Perthling") Pullman → Pullmanites Putney → Putneyites...
- Sanidine is stable at the highest temperatures, and microcline at the lowest. Perthite is a typical texture in alkali feldspar, due to exsolution of contrasting...
- charnockite series, consisting essentially of quartz, antiperthite (or perthite), orthopyroxene (usually hypersthene) and magnetite, and is equivalent...
- "Dalmatian jasper" – not a jasper at all but a form of the igneous rock perthite. The black spots are composed of the rare amphibole arfvedsonite (and not...
- feldspars. The feldspar has partly unmixed on the micro-scale to form a perthite, and the presence of the alternating alkali feldspar and plagioclase layers...
- with pot****ium. The resulting intergrowth of the two feldspars is called perthite. The higher-temperature polymorph of KAlSi3O8 is sanidine. Sanidine is...
- of plagioclase (lamellae) are present in pot****ium feldspar, is called perthite. The solid solution between anorthite and albite remains stable to lower...
- Papagoite Pargasite Parisite Pectolite Larimar Pentlandite Peridot Periclase Perthite Petalite (castorite) Pezzottaite Phenakite Phlogopite Phosgenite Phosphophyllite...
- Mount Desert Island bedrock consists mainly of Cadillac Mountain granite. Perthite gives the granite its pinkish color. The Silurian age granite ranges from...