1 Definition
1.1 Definition
Comendite is a hard, peralkaline igneous rock, a type of light blue grey rhyolite
Shoshonite is a basaltic rock, properly a potassic trachyandesite, composed of olivine, augite and plagioclase phenocrysts in a groundmass with calcic plagioclase and sanidine and some dark-colored volcanic glass
1.2 History
1.2.1 Origin
1.2.2 Discoverer
1.3 Etymology
Comendite derives its name from the area of Le Commende on San Pietro Island in Italy
From the place of origin called Shoshone riverin Wyoming
1.4 Class
Igneous Rocks
Igneous Rocks
1.4.1 Sub-Class
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
1.5 Family
1.5.1 Group
1.6 Other Categories
Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock