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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
Variolites are a group of dark green basic igneous rocks which exhibit pale colored spots, or spherules, especially on weathered surfaces, that give them a pockmarked appearance
From Latin varius, speckled, variegated