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Andesite vs Landesite - What's the difference?

andesite | landesite |

As nouns the difference between andesite and landesite

is that andesite is andesite while landesite is (mineralogy) an orthorhombic-dipyramidal brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

andesite

English

Noun

(wikipedia andesite) (en noun)
  • (geology) A class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.

    • Derived terms

    * andesitic ----

    landesite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

    • References

    * Landesite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Landesite.shtml]