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Yooperlites are a variety of sodalite-rich syenite found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Sodalite forms in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium-rich, silica-poor magmas. That’s how it got its name—soda + lithos, or “sodium stone," according to Rock Your World gem & art ...

The scientists dated the rocks using zircon, a mineral in gneiss, the GSA said. "Dating zircon grains using ... techniques is now celebrated as the optimal method for determining when igneous ...

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What they were after was a type of metamorphic rock called gneiss (pronounced “nice”). It forms when igneous rocks like granite undergo intense heat and pressure, changing their structure and ...

Granite and other rocks made from recycled magma Igneous rocks, which form from magma (which is called lava when it erupts on the surface), aren’t anything special in our solar system.