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Laterite rock is a type of Sedimentary rock which is rich in iron and aluminium, formed in hot and wet tropical areas
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
From Latin later brick, tile + -ite1
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Earthy, Massive, Porphyritic
Decorative Aggregates, Flooring, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration
Cobblestones, for Road Aggregate, Landscaping, Roadstone
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, Source of bauxite, Used in aquariums
Is one of the oldest rock, Very fine grained rock
Laterite is a type of sedimentary rock which is generally a reddish weathering product of basalt.
Aluminum Oxides, Biotite, Hematite, Hornblade, Iron Oxides, Manganese Oxides, Micas, Muscovite or Illite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Phosphorus Pentoxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant
East Africa, Western Africa
England, Romania, Scotland
Central Australia, Western Australia
Pantellerite is a peralkaline rhyolite. It has a higher iron and lower aluminium composition than comendite
From Pantelleria, a volcanic island in the Strait of Sicily
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Pantellerite is a fine-grained, hard rock which is a type of metasomatite, essentially altered basalt. It forms with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive rocks or on the surface as extrusive rocks.
Amphibole, Feldspar, Ilmenite
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Sea Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion
Angola, Egypt, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria
Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
Central Australia, Queensland, Western Australia