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Kimberlite is a rare, blue-tinged, coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock, which sometimes contains diamonds and is mostly found in South Africa and Siberia.
From Kimberley + -ite, from the name of the South African town of Kimberley where the rock was first found.
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Essexite which is also known as nepheline monzogabbro, is a dark gray or black holocrystalline plutonic Iigneous Rock
From the locality in Essex County, Massachusetts,US
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock