tephrite
tephrite An undersaturated, finegrained, extrusive, igneous rock consisting of essential calcium-plagioclase, nepheline, and titanaugite, with accessory apatite and iron oxide. The rock is nearly always porphyritic. See TRACHYBASALT.
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