Rock & Mineral Encyclopedia

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Rubicline

An extremely rare rubidium-dominant alkali feldspar, the rubidium analogue of microcline, found in rare-element granitic pegmatites.

A quartz-rich plutonic rock dominated by plagioclase feldspar with little alkali feldspar, closely related to granodiorite and quartz diorite.

A glittery, strongly foliated rock made mostly of aligned mica flakes that split into thin, shiny sheets.

A fine-grained volcanic rock dominated by alkali feldspar, the extrusive equivalent of syenite.

An Australian green rhyolite with eye-like orbs and earthy patterns marketed as jasper, evoking dense rainforest foliage.

A hard zinc-rich member of the spinel group, usually dark blue-green to black, forming octahedral crystals in metamorphic and pegmatitic rocks.