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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
Boninite is a mafic extrusive rock which is high in magnesium and silica content, formed in fore-arc environments, typically during the early stages of subduction
From its occurrence in the Izu-Bonin arc south of Japan
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock