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A series of plutonic rocks containing nepheline and 30% to 60% mafic
minerals, generally clinopyroxene, and including sphene, apatite, and
melanite; also, any rock of that series. Melteigite and jacupirangite are
more mafic members of the series; urtite is a type rich in nepheline.
Named by Ramsay in 1891 for Ijola (Iivaara), Finland. AGI
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