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The extrusive equivalent of nepheline syenite. The principal mineral is
soda orthoclase or sanidine. Other major minerals are nepheline and
aegirine diopside, usually with other feldspathoidal minerals such as
sodalite or haueyne. Accessories include apatite and sphene. Phonolite is
an important ore progenitor, as at Cripple Creek, CO. Syn:
clinkstone
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