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Exotic composition igneous rock

Exotic composition igneous rock
Rock with 'exotic' mineralogical, textural or field setting characteristics; typically dark colored, with abundant phenocrysts. Criteria include: presence of greater than 10 percent melilite or leucite; presence of kalsilite; greater than 50 percent carbonate minerals.
Gillespie and Styles 1999; LeMaitre et al. 2002

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