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ANDESINE

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 964 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANDESINE , a member of the See also:

GROUP

group of minerals known as See also:

PLAGIOCLASE

plagioclase felspars, occupying a position in the isomorphous See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series about midway between See also:

ALBITE

albite (NaAISi3O8) and See also:

ANORTHITE

anorthite (CaAl2Si2O3); its chemical See also:

composition and See also:

PHYSICAL

physical characters are therefore intermediate between those of the two extremes of the series . Distinctly See also:

DEVELOPED

developed crystals or crystallized specimens are rarely met with, the See also:

MINERAL

mineral usually occurring as embedded crystals and grains in the igneous and gneissic rocks, of which it forms a component See also:

PART

part . It occurs, for example, in the See also:

ANDESITE

andesite of the See also:

ANDES

Andes, from whence it derives its name .

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