Definition
Origin
Discoverer
Etymology
Class
Sub-Class
Group
Other Categories
Nepheline Syenite is a holocrystalline plutonic rock resembling syenite but containing nepheline and lacking quartz
From origin of a Palaeozoic nepheline syenite from northern Shanxi Province, China
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
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