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Essexite 
Essexite 

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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
 
Quartzite is a non-foliated metamorphic rock that forms by the metamorphism of pure quartz Sandstone
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Unknown
From quartz + -ite
Metamorphic Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
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Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock