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Essexite
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Essexite ( /ˈɛsəkˌsaɪt/), also called nepheline monzogabbro (/ˈnɛfəˌlɪn ˌmɒnzoʊˈɡæbroʊ, -ˌliːn-/[1][2]), is a dark gray or black holocrystalline plutonic igneous rock. Its name is derived from the type locality in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.
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Modern petrology identifies rocks according to mineralogical criteria. Utilising the IUGS QAPF diagram of Streckeisen (1974) "essexite" is more formally known as nepheline monzodiorite or nepheline monzogabbro depending on the ratio of orthoclase to plagioclase and the abundance of nepheline.[3]