Definition
Nepheline Syenite is a holocrystalline plutonic rock resembling syenite but containing nepheline and lacking quartz
Trachyte is a grey fine-grained volcanic rock which mainly consists of alkali feldspar
History
Origin
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Discoverer
Unknown
Alexandre Brongniart and René Just Haüy
Etymology
From origin of a Palaeozoic nepheline syenite from northern Shanxi Province, China
From Greek trakhus rough’ or trakhutēs roughness
Class
Igneous Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sub-Class
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Family
Group
Plutonic
Volcanic
Other Categories
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock