A hypabyssal rock composed of phenocrysts of biotite and titanaugite in a
fine-grained groundmass of pyroxene, biotite, perovskite, and magnetite,
with interstitial nepheline, microcline, and calcite. The name, given by
Broegger in 1921, is for the locality Damkjern (or Damtjern), Fen complex,
Norway. Also spelled: damtjernite. AGI
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms