Bytownite is a form of feldspar, found in lime-rich igneous rock.
Bytownite is primarily mined in countries such as the United States, Norway, Madagascar, and Mexico. These locations are known for producing high-quality specimens of bytownite due to their geological conditions and mineral deposits.
Anorthosite is primarily composed of plagioclase feldspar, specifically calcium-rich plagioclase such as labradorite or bytownite. It may also contain minor amounts of other minerals like pyroxene and olivine.
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern BY---N---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter B and 2nd letter Y and 6th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: bystander bytownite
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -YT-W----. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter Y and 3rd letter T and 5th letter W. In alphabetical order, they are: bytownite
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 8 words with the pattern ---OWN---. That is, nine letter words with 4th letter O and 5th letter W and 6th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: bytownite disowners disowning nonowners renowners renowning ungowning uptowners
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern B--O---TE. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter B and 4th letter O and 8th letter T and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: bicornate bifoliate briolette bryophyte bytownite
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 24 words with the pattern --T--N--E. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter T and 6th letter N and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: alternate antennule buteonine bytownite catkinate cottonade euthanise euthanize hetmanate internode luteinise luteinize matronage matronise matronize metronome outhandle outmantle outtongue patronage patronise patronize rationale saturnine
Biotite (black mica) and muscovite (white mica) are both minerals that have perfect basal cleavage--one direction. It cleaves into thin sheets. Feldspars (albite, oligoclase, andesine, labradorite, bytownite, anorthite) have good cleavage in two directions at nearly right angles, poor in a third direction.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 67 words with the pattern B-----I-E. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter B and 7th letter I and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: backslide bacterise bacterize baignoire bairnlike balkanise balkanize ballabile balladine ballerine balzarine bandoline barbarise barbarize barbotine barophile basaltine basinlike basophile batholite bathylite beachside bearnaise beastlike bebeerine bedlamite belemnite bellylike bengaline bentonite benzidine benzoline berberine berrylike biguanide bijective bioactive bipartite bisontine bisulfide bisulfite bladelike blindside bloodlike bloodline boardlike bombasine bombazine boxercise branchiae breadline breaktime bricklike broadline broadside broadwise brooklike brooklime brushfire brushlike brutalise brutalize brutelike buteonine butterine bytownite byzantine
The left branch of the Y-shaped arrangement consists of the discontinuous series that begins with olivine at the highest temperature and progresses through pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite as the temperature decreases. This series is discontinuous because the reaction occurs at a fixed temperature at constant pressure wherein the early-formed mineral is converted to a more stable crystal. Each mineral in the series displays a different silicate structure that exhibits increased polymerization as the temperature drops; olivine belongs to the island silicate structure type; pyroxene, the chain; amphibole, the double chain; and biotite, the sheet. On the other hand, the right branch is the continuous reaction series in which plagioclase is continuously reacting with the liquid to form a more albitic phase as the temperature decreases. In both cases, the liquid is consumed in the reaction. When the two reaction series converge at a low temperature, minerals that will not react with the remaining liquid approach eutectic crystallization. Potash feldspar, muscovite, and quartz are crystallized. The phases that are crystallized first are the common minerals that compose basalt or gabbro, like bytownite or labradorite with pyroxene and minor amounts of olivine. Andesite or diorite minerals, such as andesine with either pyroxene or amphibole, crystallize next and are followed by orthoclase and quartz, which are the essential constituents of rhyolite or granite. A basaltic liquid at the top of the Y can descend to the bottom of the series to crystallize quartz only if the earlier reactions are prevented. As demonstrated above, complete reactions between early-formed minerals and the liquid depletes the supply of the liquid, thereby curtailing the progression down the series. One means by which basaltic magma can be transformed to rocks lower in the series is by fractional crystallization. In this process, the early-formed minerals are removed from the liquid by gravity (such minerals as olivine and pyroxene are denser than the liquid from which they crystallized), and so unreacted liquid remains later in the series.