shoshonite

shoshonite
ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY
A trachyandesite composed of olivine and augite phenocrysts in a groundmass of labradorite with alkali feldspar rims, olivine, augite, a small amount of leucite, and some dark-colored glass.

Glossary of volcanic terms. - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. . 2001.

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