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A Common Igneous Rock Crossword Clue and Answers List

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OBSIDIAN Igneous rock
NORITE Igneous rock
DIABASE Igneous rock
DIORITE Igneous rock
BASALT Igneous rock
GRANITE Igneous rock
QUARTZ Common rock crystal
LAVA Igneous volcanic rock
ANDESITE Igneous volcanic rock
DITROITE An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.
RHYOLITE A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure.
PITCHSTONE An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
PICRITE A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.
DIALLAGE A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.
TEPHRITE An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
VIRIDITE A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.
CLINKSTONE An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
GREISEN A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.
LHERZOLITE An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
LACCOLITH A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
SANDSTONE A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
ECLOGITE A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
PHONOLITE A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone.
TRACHYTE An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
CANCER A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.
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