anorthosite in a sentence

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1. The granite on the summit plateau of the mountain is anorthosite, and is similar in composition to rocks found in the mountains of the Moon.
2. ALH A81005 is classified as a " lunar anorthosite breccia " and belongs to the group " lunar anorthosite " ( abbreviated Lun-A ).
3. ALH A81005 is classified as a " lunar anorthosite breccia " and belongs to the group " lunar anorthosite " ( abbreviated Lun-A ).
4. Some smaller plutons, exemplified by many anorthosite bodies in the U . S . and Harris in Scotland, cover only a few dozen square kilometres.
5. Among these rocks are a multitude of gabbros, including anorthosite, titanium-rich, iron-rich, phosphorus-rich, and biotite gabbros.
6. The measured pressure at the landing site was 91 atm and the temperature was 736 K . The surface sample was found to be an anorthosite-troctolite.
7. Major occurrences of Proterozoic anorthosite are found in the southwest U . S ., the Appalachian Mountains, eastern Canada, across southern Scandinavia and eastern Europe.
8. It looked at first just like a partially crystalline rock, but the closer they looked they realized it was almost pure plagioclase, meaning it was anorthosite.
9. REE analyses of the moon's light-colored lunar highlands show a large positive Eu anomaly due to the plagioclase-rich anorthosite comprising the highlands.
10. Anorthosite in these layered intrusions can form as cumulate layers in the upper parts of the intrusive complex or as later-stage intrusions into the layered intrusion complex.