bytownite

[< Bytown]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a plagioclase feldspar composed of 90-70 per cent anorthite and 10-30 per cent albite.

See: Bytown

Quotations

1884

The feldspars, barsowite and bytownite . . . are as distinct from anorthite as they are from labradorite.

1889

Bytownite is the name given by Dr. Thompson to a greenish white felspathic mineral. . . .