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Kenyte is a variety of porphyritic phonolite or trachyte rock with rhomb shaped phenocrysts of anorthoclase with variable olivine and augite in a glassy matrix
From the mountain ranges- Mount Kenya and is named by J. W. Gregory in 1900
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Dolomite is a sedimentary rock containing more than 50 percent of the mineral dolomite by weight
From French, from the name of Dolomieu (1750–1801), the French geologist who discovered the rock
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock