shonkinite

shonkinite

[′shäŋ·kə‚nīt]
(petrology)
A dark-colored syenite composed principally of augite and orthoclase with some olivine, hornblende, biotite, and nepheline.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The Sikhote Alin complex consists of small potassium-alkali-rich intrusions (shonkinite, essexite-diabase, trachyandesite, leucitic trachyte) with high boron and titanium content.
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