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Definition of Websterites

Websterite
Websterite Web"ster*ite, n. [So named after Webster, the geologist.] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.

Meaning of Websterites from wikipedia

- Websterite is ultramafic igneous rock, a type of pyroxenite that has less than 5% olivine and roughly equal proportions of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene...
- plagioclase-group feldspar is oligoclase Tuff – Rock consolidated from volcanic ash Websterite – Ultramafic and ultrabasic rock – A type of pyroxenite, composed of clinoproxene...
- Pyroxenites are classified into clinopyroxenites, orthopyroxenites, and the websterites which contain both types of pyroxenes (see diagram below). Closely allied...
- harzburgite) garnet inclusions have less CaO. Eclogite and peridotite are the two main parental mantle rocks and wehrlite and websterite are minor types....
- for its aluminium content. It is also known as alley stone, halite and websterite (named after Orcadian geologist Thomas Webster). Aluminite is used by...
- Benmoreite Trachybasalt Hawaiite Trachyte Troctolite Trondhjemite Tuff Websterite Wehrlite Sedimentary rock Argillite Arkose Banded iron formation Breccia...
- meteorites, the shergottites. Several types of periodic rocks (lherzolites, websterites and harzburgites) can be found as inclusions in the basalt of tuff and...
- 1882–1948 mathematician Thomas Webster 1773–1844 geologist geologist who had websterite, now normally called aluminite, named after him Alexander Wilson 1714–1786...
- melilite and nepheline basalts, basanites, melilite, nephelinite and websterite, and form an alkaline-nephelinite suite. The variations in composition...
- Stikinia terrane. They consist of lherzolite, harzburgite, wehrlite, dunite, websterite and garnet composed pyroxenite. The highest and lowest temperatures recorded...