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Essexite which is also known as nepheline monzogabbro, is a dark gray or black holocrystalline plutonic Iigneous Rock
USA
Unknown
From the locality in Essex County, Massachusetts,US
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Plutonic
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Dunite is a green to brownish coarse-grained igneous rock mainly consisting of olivine
New Zealand
Ferdinand von Hochstetter
From the name of Dun Mountain, New Zealand, + -ite1
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Plutonic
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock