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Comendite is a hard, peralkaline igneous rock, a type of light blue grey rhyolite
Comendite derives its name from the area of Le Commende on San Pietro Island in Italy
Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Dunite is a green to brownish coarse-grained igneous rock mainly consisting of olivine
Ferdinand von Hochstetter
From the name of Dun Mountain, New Zealand, + -ite1
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock