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vogesite

A lamprophyre composed of hornblende phenocrysts in a groundmass of alkali feldspar and hornblende. Clinopyroxene, olivine, and plagioclase feldspar also may be present. Vogesite contains less biotite than minette. The name, given by Rosenbusch in 1887, is for the Vosges Mountains, France.

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