The igneous rock classification scheme is closely based on the IUGS scheme but contains many changes to make it simpler, more logical and suitable for arrangeme

Decades of field and microscope studies, and more recent quantitative geochemical analyses have resulted in a vast, and sometimes overwhelming, array of nomencl

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