anorthic

Also found in: Dictionary.

Related to anorthic: monoclinic

Graphic Thesaurus 🔍

Synonyms for anorthic

having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles

Synonyms

triclinic

Related Words

crystallography

References in periodicals archive ?

* When the natural tunellite was heated to 400degC, the tunellite phase was completely transformed into anorthic and monoclinic strontium borate hydrate.

Effect of Heat Treatment on the Structural Characteristics and Dehydroxylation Kinetics of the Tunellite

The alphabetical characters to be used in the suffixes are as follows: cubic - C, tetragonal - Q (for Quadratic), hexagonal - H; trigonal - T; rhombohedral - R; orthorhombic - O; and triclinic - A (for Anorthic).

The IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names: Procedures and Guidelines on Mineral Nomenclature 1998

The following letters are used: C, cubic; H, hexagonal; R, rhombohedral; T, trigonal; Q (for quadratic), tetragonal; O, orthorhombic; M, monoclinic; and A (for anorthic), triclinic." This system of designating polytypes is not followed in the book.

Display	ON
Animation	ON

Legend
	Synonym
	Antonym
	Related