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Larvikite
Larvikite is an igneous rock, specifically a variety of monzonite,〔(The Making of a Land: Geology of Norway. 2008. Ramberg, I.B., Bryhni, I., Nottvedt, A. & Rangnes, K. (eds). Geological Society of Norway, 640pp. )〕 notable for the presence of handsome, thumbnail-sized crystals of feldspar. These feldspars are known as ''ternary'' because they contain significant components of all three end-member feldspars. The feldspar has partly unmixed on the micro-scale to form a perthite, and the presence of the alternating alkali feldspar and plagioclase layers give its characteristic silver blue sheen (Schiller effect, labradorescence) on polished surfaces. Olivine can be present along with apatite, and locally quartz. Larvikite is usually rich in titanium, with titanaugite and/or titanomagnetite present.
Larvikite occurs in the Larvik Batholith (a.k.a. Larvik Plutonic Complex), a suite of 10 igneous plutons emplaced in the Oslo Rift (Oslo Graben) surrounded by ~1.1 billion year old Sveconorwegian gneisses. The Larvik Batholith is of Permian age, about 292-298 million years old.〔(Larvikite geology )〕 Larvikite is also found in the Killala Lake Alkalic Rock Complex near Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada.
The name originates from the town of Larvik in Norway, where this type of igneous rock is found. Many quarries exploit larvikite in the vicinity of Larvik.
==Formation==
Intrusions of Larvikite form part of the suite of igneous rocks that were emplaced during the Permian period, associated with the formation of the Oslo rift. The crystallisation of a ternary feldspar indicates that this rock began to crystallise under lower crustal conditions.〔
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