Definition
Banded iron formation are distinctive units of sedimentary rock that are almost always of Precambrian age
Monzonite is a granular igneous rock with composition between syenite and diorite and containing approximately equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase
History
Origin
Western Australia, Minnesota
Trento Province, Italy
Discoverer
Johann Gottlob Lehmann
Unknown
Etymology
From its formation process
From Mount Monzoni in the Tyrol, Italy, + -ite1
Class
Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sub-Class
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Family
Group
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Plutonic
Other Categories
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock