Definition
During the impact melted material forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments together form Suevite rock.
Monzonite is a granular igneous rock with composition between syenite and diorite and containing approximately equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase
History
Origin
Canada, Germany
Trento Province, Italy
Discoverer
Unknown
Unknown
Etymology
No etymologies found
From Mount Monzoni in the Tyrol, Italy, + -ite1
Class
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sub-Class
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Family
Group
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Plutonic
Other Categories
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock