Description: Kakortokite
Illimaussaq Complex, Kangerdlussaq Fjord, Julianebab District, Southern Greenland
8 x 4.5 cm.
Agpaitic nepheline syenite displaying pronounced cumulate textures and igneous layering with a repetition of layers enriched in alkali feldspar, eudialyte (pink) and arfvedsonite (black). Nepheline is white.
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