Lamprophyre is uncommon igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks and small intrusions 0
From Greek lampros bright and shining + porphureos purple 0
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock 0
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock 0
Black, Bluish - Grey, Brown, Dark Greenish - Grey, Green, Grey 0
Dull, Banded and Foilated 0
Decorative Aggregates, Interior Decoration 0
As Building Stone, Office Buildings 0
As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories 0
Taken as a Supplement for Calcium or Magnesium 0
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture 0
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, As a Feed Additive for Livestock, Gemstone, Metallurgical Flux, Production of Lime, Soil Conditioner, Source of Magnesia (MgO) 0
Minette, Alnoite, Camptonite, Monchiquite, Fourchite, Vogesite, Appinite and Spessartite 0
Always found as volcanic pipes over deep continental crust, Host rock for Diamond, Is one of the oldest rock, Surfaces are often shiny 0
Archaeological Significance
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Lamprophyre formation takes place deep beneath the Earth’s surface at around 150 to 450 kilometres, and are erupted rapidly and violently. 0
Amphibole, Carbonate, Garnet, Micas, Olivine, Phlogopite, Pyroxene 0
Aluminium Oxide, NaCl, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide 0
Cataclastic Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism 0
Chemical Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion 0
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant 0
Deposits in Eastern Continents
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Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Africa 0
England, Hungary, Iceland, United Kingdom 0
Deposits in Western Continents
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Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador 0
Deposits in Oceania Continent
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New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia 0
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 Not Available. 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.