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Definition of Websterite

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 Websterite from wikipedia

- Websterite is ultramafic igneous rock that consists of roughly equal proportions of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene. It is a type of pyroxenite. Websterite...
- 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...
- Uraninite: Joachimsthal, Austria-Hungary (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic) Websterite: Webster in North Carolina. Widgiemoolthalite: Widgiemooltha, Western...
- Ultramafic-Mafic sequences' contact, and in the uppermost pyroxenite (bronzitite and websterite) units are economic concentrations of nickel, copper, cobalt, gold, and...
- melilite and nepheline basalts, basanites, melilite, nephelinite and websterite, and form an alkaline-nephelinite suite. The variations in composition...
- Koester, E.; Conceição, R.V.; Rieck, N. (January 2009). "The lherzolite–websterite xenolith suite from Northern Patagonia (Argentina): Evidence of mantle–melt...
- Stikinia terrane. They consist of lherzolite, harzburgite, wehrlite, dunite, websterite and garnet composed pyroxenite. The highest and lowest temperatures recorded...