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    Lamprophyres (from Ancient Greek λαμπρός (lamprós) 'bright' and φύρω (phúrō) 'to mix') are uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rocks primarily...
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  • rock Lamproite – Mantle rock expulsed to the surface in volcanic pipes Lamprophyre – Ultrapotassic igneous rocks – An ultramafic, ultrapotassic intrusive...
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    considered "ultramafic". Ultrapotassic, ultramafic igneous rocks such as lamprophyre, lamproite and kimberlite are known to have reached the surface of the...
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    dikes or sills consist either of phonolite, tinguaite, lamprophyre micromalignite, lamprophyre micromelteigite, or carbonatite. The Beemerville Alkaline...
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    A dike of lamprophyre near the Shiprock volcanic plug, New Mexico, that has resisted the erosion that removed some of the softer rock into which the dike...
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    otherwise inaccessible mantle. Basalts, kimberlites, lamproites and lamprophyres, which have their source in the upper mantle, often contain fragments...
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    equivalent, rhyolite. Biotite is an essential phenocryst in some varieties of lamprophyre. Biotite is occasionally found in large cleavable crystals, especially...
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    forms. Other rock types present include: alkali basalt, nephelinite, lamprophyre, and carbonatite. Mantle xenoliths have been described from Kachchh (northwestern...
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    occurrences are as masses adjacent to ultramafic intrusives, associated with lamprophyre dikes and as large crystals in pegmatites. It commonly occurs as a detrital...
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  • northern apophysis, the lamprophyres and the dark inclusions. The clear-cut distinction of the microgranites and the lamprophyres from the other facies...
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