santorinite

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santorinite [san′tȯr·ə‚nīt]

(petrology)

A light-colored extrusive rock containing approximately 60-65% silica and calcic plagioclase (labradorite to anorthite) as the only feldspar.

A hypersthene andesite containing plagioclase crystals that have labradorite cores and sodic rims and a groundmass with microlites of sodic oligoclase.

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