>  Term: larvikite
larvikite

An alkalic syenite, grading to monzonite, composed of phenocrysts of two feldspars (esp. oligoclase and alkali feldspar), often intimately intergrown, which comprise up to 90% of the rock, with diopsidic augite and titanaugite as the chief mafic minerals, and accessory apatite (generally abundant), ilmenite, and titaniferous magnetite, and less commonly olivine, bronzite, lepidomelane, and quartz or feldspathoids (less than 10% by volume). Its name, given by Broegger in 1890, is derived from Larvik, Norway. Also spelled laurvikite.

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