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Ankaramite
Type of volcanic rock From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ankaramite is volcanic rock type of mafic composition. It is a dark porphyritic variety of basanite containing abundant pyroxene and olivine phenocrysts.[1] It contains minor amounts of plagioclase and accessory biotite, apatite, and iron oxides.
Its type locality is Ankaramy in Madagascar. It was first described in 1916.[1] It is also found in the Sierra de Guanajuato of Central Mexico,[1] the South Pacific on islands such as Tahiti, Rarotonga, Samoa and in the Zealandia, Alexandra Volcanic Group.[2]
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