Anorthite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 526 anagrams from letters in anorthite (aehinortt).
First recorded in 1825-35; an-1 + orth- + -ite1
anorthite is an essential constituent of many basic igneous rocks, such as gabbro and basalt, also of some meteoric stones.
Rougemonite consists largely of anorthite with pyroxene as the only important ferro-magnesian constituent.
anorthite occurs in white translucent or transparent crystals.
Like labradorite and anorthite, it is a common constituent of basic igneous rocks, such as gabbro and basalt.