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The mineral assemblage is typically dominated by plagioclase plus pyroxene and/or hornblende.
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When the feldspar is replaced by scapolite the new mineral is fresh and clear, enclosing often small grains of hornblende.
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The most common type of igneous rock is porphyritic hornblende diorite, but rock types present range from gabbro to granite.
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The geologic formations of the area consist of metabasalts and amphibolites, which are enclosed as roof pendants within the hornblende diorite, granodiorite and monzonite.
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The predominant igneous rock is porphyritic hornblende diorite.
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The white and the pink facies are a more fine-grained variation of the melanocratic facies, they also lack hornblende and sphene.
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The latter is for the most part a hornblende-biotite gneiss of sedimentary appearance.
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The hoizon of the ore lie close to the contact of the gneiss with a red pegmatitic hornblende granite.
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These spots may consist of radiate or brush-like feldspars (with some phlogopite and hornblende) or of quartz and feldspar.
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Plagioclase, hornblende and augite are mostly in form as phenocrysts and comprise 1% to 10% of the andesite.
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