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Lamprophyre is uncommon igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks and small intrusions
From Greek lampros bright and shining + porphureos purple
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Blue Granite is an igneous rock and a variety of Larvikite, notable for the presence of thumbnail-sized blue crystals of feldspar
From the color of rock, Blue
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock