Shonkinite

mineral

Sep 18, 2024 - 03:04
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shonkinite, rare, dark-coloured, intrusive igneous rock that contains augite and orthoclase feldspar as its primary constituents. Other minerals include olivine, biotite, and nepheline, with little plagioclase feldspar and no quartz. At Shonkin-Sag, in the Highwood Mountains, Montana, shonkinite forms the greater part of a stratified laccolith (inserted between sedimentary beds). It also occurs in Ontario, British Columbia, and Indonesia (Celebes, Timor).

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