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Enderbite

In geology, enderbite is an igneous rock of the charnockite series, consisting essentially of quartz, antiperthite, orthopyroxene and magnetite, and is equivalent to an orthopyroxene bearing tonalite. It is named for its occurrence in Enderby Land, Antarctica.

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