norite

norite
noritic /naw rit"ik/, adj.
/nawr"uyt/, n.
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
[1875-80; < Norw norit. See NORWAY, -ITE1]

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