lunarite

English

Etymology

lunar +‎ -ite

Noun

lunarite (uncountable)

  1. The substance that forms the lighter portions of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunabase.
    • 1948, Josiah Edward Spurr, Geology Applied to Selenology: Lunar catastrophic history, page 48:
      The melting conditions in the lunarite were evidently different from those in the lunabase, on account of the difference in chemical composition; and from analogy with terrestrial conditions, the latter melted more easily.
    • 1960, Valdemar Axel Firsoff, Strange world of the moon:
      On this reading of the situation, apart from the water of hydration, there will be very little chemical difference between lunarite and lunabase.
    • 1965, Gilbert Fielder, Lunar geology, page 85:
      Lunarite slopes at greater angles than lunabase, and the difference is due, it is suggested, to the lavas of the lunarite being relatively viscous.

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