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Hornfels
Hornfels

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Hornfels is a metamorphic rock formed by the contact between mudstone or other clay rich rock, and a hot igneous body, and represents a heat altered equivalent of the original rock
New Zealand
Unknown
From German which means hornstone
Metamorphic Rocks
Durable Rock, Soft Rock
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Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Theralite is a plutonic hylocrystalline igneous rock consisting of augite, olivine, calcic plagioclase and nepheline
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Unknown
From Greek to pursue
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Plutonic
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock