kersantite

(ˈkɜːsənˌtaɪt)

an igneous rock containing black mica and plagioclase

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and Pinte, G.: 1988, Geochemical comparison between minettes and kersantites from the western European Hercynian orogen: trace element and Pb-Sr-Nd isotope constraints on their origin, Earth Planet.

Ti-rich granodiorite porphyries from the northeastern margin of the Klenov massif (Moldanubian Zone of the Bohemian Massif)

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