Enderbit

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Enderbites are metamorphic rocks , namely hypersthene- leading tonalites from the Charnockite group . They are named after the location of the first rock samples of this material, the type locality, the Enderbyland in Antarctica.

Occurrences can be found e.g. B. in Zimbabwe and South India .

literature

  • Le Maitre (Ed.): Igneous Rocks, A Classification and Glossary of Terms . Cambridge 2004 ISBN 0-521-61948-3
  • Roland Vinx: Rock determination in the field . Munich (Elsevier) 2005 ISBN 3-8274-1513-6

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