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The substance that forms the lighter portions of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunabase..
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.
On this reading of the situation, apart from the water of hydration, there will be very little chemical difference between lunarite and lunabase.
Lunarite slopes at greater angles than lunabase, and the difference is due, it is suggested, to the lavas of the lunarite being relatively viscous.
Use lunarite when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lunarite means The substance that forms the lighter portions of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunabase..
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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.
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