ijolite

ijolite

rock
      intrusive igneous rock that is composed essentially of nepheline and an alkali pyroxene, usually aegirine-augite. It is the plutonic equivalent of the volcanic nephelinites. Typically, the pyroxene is well-crystallized and is surrounded by the nepheline. Accessory minerals include garnet, titanite, perovskite, apatite, cancrinite, and calcite.

      Ijolites form characteristic members of carbonatite–alkali igneous complexes, such as those of Alno, Swed.; Fen, Nor.; Kola Peninsula, Russia, where they contain abundant wollastonite; and Iron Hill, Colo., U.S. The ijolites of Magnet Cove, Ark., U.S.; Ice River, B.C., Can.; and Sekukuniland, Transvaal, S. Afr., are among the better-known representatives found in rock collections. The rocks known as urtite (Kola Peninsula) and melteigite (near Fen, Nor.) are essentially similar assemblages; in the former, nepheline largely predominates, whereas the latter is a variant with an excessive proportion of pyroxene.

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