quartz monzonite: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	rhyodacite • quartz latite • adamellite

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rapakivi felsic and mafic rocks intrusive rock diabase granite rhyolite gabbro anorthosite nepheline syenite peridotite picrite lamprophyre syenite

Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.

(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones