He said that Ian Lang, the Secretary of State for Scotland, has asked to see Redland Aggregates» application for the extraction, processing and transport by sea of anorthosite from land near Rodel on the Isle of Harris. (newscientist.com)
The study's authors speculate that exceptionally pure anorthosite may make up a global layer of the moon's crust from roughly three kilometers to 30 kilometers below the surface. (scientificamerican.com)
The Kaguya orbiter looked for anorthosite, a type of rock enriched in the relatively low - density mineral plagioclase. (scientificamerican.com)