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Anorthosite is a granular igneous rock composed largely of labradorite or plagioclase
From French anorthose plagioclase + -ite1
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Oil Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil is extracted
From Old English scealu in its base sense of thing that divides or separate
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock