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Shonkinite
Shonkinite

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Shonkinite is a rare, dark-coloured and intrusive igneous rock which contains augite and orthoclase feldspar as its primary constituents
USA
Unknown
From the name of Shonkin Sag ranges in the Highwood Mountains of north-central Montana, US
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
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Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Adamellite is a coarse-grained porphyritic igneous rock, a variety of Monzogranite and dominated by phenocrysts of orthoclase in a granular groundmass of perthite, plagioclase and quartz
Italy
Unknown
From German adamellit and from Monte Adamello, a mountain in Italy, its locality
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Plutonic
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock