variolite
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_22794
a fine-grained igneous rock of diorite clan composed of pea-size globule bodies. Composed of plagioclase, augite, and ilmenite in a groundmass of augite and probably devitrified glass.
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