DIFFERENT ROCK DESCRIPTIONS

1) Shonshonite : K-rich basalt

2) Mugaerite: Na- rich basalt

3) Latite : K-rich trachy andesite

4) Benmoreite: Na-rich trachy andesite

5) Lamproite: Ultrapotassic volcanic rock (host diamond)

6) Kimberlites: Ultrapotassic ultramafic igneous rock - rich in Olivine, Phlogopite mica, chromite, Garnet, Diopside, etc

7) Nephelinite: Volcanic rock laking feldspar and contain Nepheline+Cpx

8) Basanite: Feldspathoid bearing basalt

9) Ijolite: Plutonic nepheline pyroxene with 30 to 70% Nepheline

10) Urtite: Plutonic nepheline pyroxene (aegirine-augite) with over 70% Nepheline

11) Tephrite: Olivine free Basanite

12) Nepheline syenite: Plutonic equivalent of Phonolite(Ultabasic volcanic rock)

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