Larvikite -Larvik Batholith - ( Larvik Plutonic Complex), nr Larvik, Norway
Larvikite is an igneous rock, specifically a variety of monzonite, notable for the presence of thumbnail-sized crystals of polished alternating alkali feldspar and plagioclase layers give a characteristic silver blue sheen (Schiller effect, labradorescence).
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