Lamprophyre

Jaspillite

Lamprophyre and Jaspillite

Lamprophyre

Jaspillite

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Definition

Lamprophyre is uncommon igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks and small intrusions

Jaspillite is an iron rich chemically formed rock which is common in banded iron formation rocks

History

Origin

Western Australia, Minnesota

Discoverer

Unknown

Etymology

From Greek lampros bright and shining + porphureos purple

From Jaspilite (Mineral), a compact siliceous rock which resembles jasper

Class

Igneous Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks

Sub-Class

Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock

Durable Rock, Soft Rock

Family

Group

Plutonic

Other Categories

Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock

Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock

Texture

Porphyritic

Banded, Trellis

Color

Black, Bluish - Grey, Brown, Dark Greenish - Grey, Green, Grey

Red, Reddish Brown

Maintenance

Less

Durability

Durable

Water Resistant

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Scratch Resistant

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Stain Resistant

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Wind Resistant

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Acid Resistant

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Appearance

Dull, Banded and Foilated

Banded and Glassy

Uses

Architecture

Interior Uses

Decorative Aggregates, Interior Decoration

Exterior Uses

As Building Stone, Office Buildings

As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Paving Stone

Other Architectural Uses

Curbing

Industry

Construction Industry

As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories

As a Flux in the Production of Steel and Pig Iron, As a Sintering Agent in Steel Industry to process Iron Ore, As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories

Medical Industry

Taken as a Supplement for Calcium or Magnesium

Antiquity Uses

Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture

Artifacts, Jewellery, Monuments

Other Uses

Commercial Uses

An Oil and Gas Reservoir, As a Feed Additive for Livestock, Gemstone, Metallurgical Flux, Production of Lime, Soil Conditioner, Source of Magnesia (MgO)

Creating Artwork, Jewelry

Types

Minette, Alnoite, Camptonite, Monchiquite, Fourchite, Vogesite, Appinite and Spessartite

Algoma-type , Lake Superior-type and Superior-type

Features

Always found as volcanic pipes over deep continental crust, Host rock for Diamond, Is one of the oldest rock, Surfaces are often shiny

Is one of the oldest rock

Archaeological Significance

Monuments

Famous Monuments

Sculpture

Famous Sculptures

Pictographs

Petroglyphs

Figurines

Fossils

Absent

Present

Formation

Lamprophyre formation takes place deep beneath the Earth’s surface at around 150 to 450 kilometres, and are erupted rapidly and violently.

Jaspillite is a type of sedimentary rock which is formed by the compaction and sedimentation of pieces of broken or weathered rocks and minerals.

Composition

Mineral Content

Amphibole, Carbonate, Garnet, Micas, Olivine, Phlogopite, Pyroxene

Coesite, Quartz, Sand

Compound Content

Aluminium Oxide, NaCl, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide

Fe, Iron(III) Oxide, Silicon Dioxide

Transformation

Metamorphism

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Types of Metamorphism

Cataclastic Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism

Weathering

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Types of Weathering

Biological Weathering

Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering

Erosion

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Types of Erosion

Chemical Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion

Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion

Properties

Physical Properties

Hardness

5-63

1 7

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Grain Size

Fine to Coarse Grained

Large and Coarse Grained

Fracture

Conchoidal

Streak

White

Porosity

Very Less Porous

Luster

Subvitreous to Dull

Earthy

Compressive Strength

120.00 N/mm²230.00 N/mm²

0.15 450

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Cleavage

Conchoidal

Toughness

Specific Gravity

2.86-2.875.0-5.3

0 8.4

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Transparency

Translucent to Opaque

Density

2.95-2.96 g/cm³0-5.7 g/cm³

0 1400

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Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity

0.84 kJ/Kg K3.20 kJ/Kg K

0.14 3.2

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Resistance

Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant

Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Wear Resistant

Reserves

Deposits in Eastern Continents

Asia

Russia

Africa

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Africa

Europe

England, Hungary, Iceland, United Kingdom

Ukraine

Others

Antarctica, Greenland

Deposits in Western Continents

North America

Canada, Mexico, USA

Canada, USA

South America

Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador

Brazil

Deposits in Oceania Continent

Australia

New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Western Australia

All about Lamprophyre and Jaspillite Properties

Know all about Lamprophyre and Jaspillite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Lamprophyre belongs to Igneous Rocks while Jaspillite belongs to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Lamprophyre is Porphyritic whereas that of Jaspillite is Banded, Trellis. Lamprophyre appears Dull, Banded and Foilated and Jaspillite appears Banded and Glassy. The luster of Lamprophyre is subvitreous to dull while that of Jaspillite is earthy. Lamprophyre is available in black, bluish - grey, brown, dark greenish - grey, green, grey colors whereas Jaspillite is available in red, reddish brown colors. The commercial uses of Lamprophyre are an oil and gas reservoir, as a feed additive for livestock, gemstone, metallurgical flux, production of lime, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo) and that of Jaspillite are creating artwork, jewelry.