Definition of Antiperthite. Meaning of Antiperthite. Synonyms of Antiperthite

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- are albite. If sodic feldspar is the dominant phase, the result is an antiperthite and where the feldspars are in roughly equal proportions the result is...
- igneous rock of the charnockite series, consisting essentially of quartz, antiperthite (or perthite), orthopyroxene (usually hypersthene) and magnetite, and...
- metamorphic rocks of granulite to amphibolite facies commonly exhibiting antiperthite texture. It also occurs as detrital grains in sedimentary rocks. It is...
- and orthoclase or microcline, while the plagioclases are generally antiperthites and intermediate mesoperthites occur too. Rocks of the charnockite series...