Specimen Details

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Form: Hand Specimen(s)

  • Rock Name

    Phonolite

  • Rock Class

    Igneous

  • Rock Group

    Volcanic

  • Rock Description

    This phonolite is composed of pink phenocrysts from 0.5 to 1 cm in a pinkish-grey fine grained matrix composed primarily of needle shapped, fine, light coloured crystals with occsional small, black mafic crystals.

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Geology

  • Discipline

    Petrology

  • Collecting Areas

    Rocks and Ores

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

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