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Litchfieldite
Litchfieldite

Turbidite
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Litchfieldite is a rare igneous rock which is coarse-grained, foliated and a variety of nepheline syenite, sometimes also called as nepheline syenite gneiss or gneissic nepeheline syenite
USA
Bayley
From its occurrence at Litchfield, Maine, USA
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Plutonic
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
A sedimentary rock, deposit of a submarine turbidity currents and are composed of layered particles
European Foreland Basins
Arnold H. Bouma
From Medieval Latin turbiditas, from Latin turbidus (turbid). Turbidity current is from 1939
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Soft Rock
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Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock