Melaphyre

ID	240
Mineral	Melaphyre
Location	Freisen - Saarland - Germany
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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Mindat data

ID	50635
Long ID	1:1:50635:1
Entry type	7
Description	A very old name replacing trapporphyr and originally used for amygdaloidal rocks composed of plagioclase and augite but later used for Upper Palaeozoic rocks, usually basaltic.
About the name	from the Greek melas = dark

Price: € 10

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