Definition of Lamprophyre. Meaning of Lamprophyre. Synonyms of Lamprophyre

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Lamprophyre. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Lamprophyre and, of course, Lamprophyre synonyms and on the right images related to the word Lamprophyre.

Definition of Lamprophyre

No result for Lamprophyre. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Lamprophyre from wikipedia

- Lamprophyres (from Ancient Gr**** λαμπρός (lamprós) 'bright', and φύρω (phúrō) 'to mix') are uncommon, small-volume ultrapot****ic igneous rocks primarily...
- rock Lamproite – Mantle rock expulsed to the surface in volcanic pipes Lamprophyre – Ultrapot****ic igneous rocks – An ultramafic, ultrapot****ic intrusive...
- considered "ultramafic". Ultrapot****ic, ultramafic igneous rocks such as lamprophyre, lamproite and kimberlite are known to have reached the surface of the...
- ****s or sills consist either of phonolite, tinguaite, lamprophyre micromalignite, lamprophyre micromelteigite, or carbonatite. The Beemerville Alkaline...
- otherwise inaccessible mantle. Basalts, kimberlites, lamproites and lamprophyres, which have their source in the upper mantle, often contain fragments...
- equivalent, rhyolite. Biotite is an essential phenocryst in some varieties of lamprophyre. Biotite is occasionally found in large cleavable crystals, especially...
- occurrences are as m****es adjacent to ultramafic intrusives, ****ociated with lamprophyre ****s and as large crystals in pegmatites. It commonly occurs as a detrital...
- forms. Other rock types present include: alkali basalt, nephelinite, lamprophyre, and carbonatite. Mantle xenoliths have been described from Kachchh (northwestern...
- A **** of lamprophyre near the Shiprock volcanic plug, New Mexico, that has resisted the erosion that removed some of the softer rock into which the ****...
- northern apophysis, the lamprophyres and the dark inclusions. The clear-cut distinction of the microgranites and the lamprophyres from the other facies...