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Ankaramite
Ankaramite
is
volcanic rock
type
of
mafic
composition
. It is a
dark
porphyritic
variety
of
basanite
containing
abundant
pyroxene
and
olivine
phenocrysts
. It
contains
minor
amounts of
plagioclase
and
accessory
biotite
,
apatite
, and
iron oxides
.
Its
type locality
is
Ankaramy
in
Madagascar
. It was first described in
1916
.