http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/kalsilitic_and_melilitic_rock
definition | Igneous rock containing greater than 10 percent melilite or kalsilite. Typically undersaturated, ultrapotassic (kalsilitic rocks) or calcium-rich (melilitic rocks) mafic or ultramafic rocks. | ![]() |
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source | based on LeMaitre et al. 2002 | ![]() |
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in scheme | simplelithology | |||||||||||||||||
is primary topic of | kalsilitic and melilitic rock |