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Trachyandesite is an extrusive igneous rock.
From French trachyandésite, trachy + andésite andesite, a lava intermediate in composition between trachyte and andesite
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Lherzolite is a type of ultramafic igneous rock which contains essential olivine and clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene in equal proportions
From the Lherz Massif, an alpine peridotite complex, at Étang de Lers, near Massat in the French Pyrenees; Lherz is the archaic spelling of this location
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock