camptonite

camp·ton·ite

[kamp-tuh-nahyt]
noun
a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.

Origin:
< German (1887), named after Campton, New Hampshire; see -ite

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