Lamprophyre is uncommon igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks and small intrusions
From Greek lampros bright and shining + porphureos purple
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Black, Bluish - Grey, Brown, Dark Greenish - Grey, Green, Grey
Dull, Banded and Foilated
Decorative Aggregates, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, Office Buildings
As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories
Taken as a Supplement for Calcium or Magnesium
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, As a Feed Additive for Livestock, Gemstone, Metallurgical Flux, Production of Lime, Soil Conditioner, Source of Magnesia (MgO)
Minette, Alnoite, Camptonite, Monchiquite, Fourchite, Vogesite, Appinite and Spessartite
Always found as volcanic pipes over deep continental crust, Host rock for Diamond, Is one of the oldest rock, Surfaces are often shiny
Archaeological Significance
Lamprophyre formation takes place deep beneath the Earth’s surface at around 150 to 450 kilometres, and are erupted rapidly and violently.
Amphibole, Carbonate, Garnet, Micas, Olivine, Phlogopite, Pyroxene
Aluminium Oxide, NaCl, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide
Cataclastic Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism
Chemical Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant
Deposits in Eastern Continents
Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Africa
England, Hungary, Iceland, United Kingdom
Deposits in Western Continents
Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador
Deposits in Oceania Continent
New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Learn more about Properties of Lamprophyre
What is Lamprophyre? In this section, we will learn more about properties of Lamprophyre i.e. physical and thermal properties. Physical properties of Lamprophyre include Color, Streak, Hardness, Structure, Cleavage, Fracture, Luster, Specific Gravity etc. The strength of Lamprophyre is 120.00 N/mm2. Streak of Lamprophyre is white while its cleavage is conchoidal. Luster of Lamprophyre is subvitreous to dull and its fracture is conchoidal. Lamprophyre is translucent to opaque in nature. Know all about Lamprophyre, What is Lamprophyre, its composition, features, facts and reserves in next sections.
Know about Composition of Lamprophyre
What is Lamprophyre composed of? Get to know about composition of Lamprophyre here. Lamprophyre definition gives information about the Formation of Lamprophyre and its composition.The composition of Lamprophyre can be further divided into mineral and compound content. The mineral content of Lamprophyre rock includes Amphibole, Carbonate, Garnet, Micas, Olivine, Phlogopite, Pyroxene and The compound content of Lamprophyre rock includes Aluminium Oxide, NaCl, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide. Almost all rocks undergo transformation process. Know all about Lamprophyre rock in next section.