charnockite

His tomb is made from a kind of rock named after him as Charnockite.

At Getterön, the charnockite has slightly larger crystals.

The sanctuary has a hornblende, biotite, gneiss and charnockite geology.

Built of stones brought all the way from Pallavaram near Chennai, which later came out to be known as Charnockite.

The bedrock consists of charnockite.

Thus, 200 years after his death the rock from Pallavaram (suburb of Chennai) was named Charnockite.

Since then "Charnockite" is also prefixed with the famous "St. Thomas Mount".

It has been inferred from chemical analysis of Angadipuram laterites that they are a derivative of charnockite.

The term charnockite in this sense is consequently not the name of a rock, but of an assemblage of rock types.

Rapakivi granites are often found associated with intrusions of anorthosite, norite, charnockite and mangerite.

The British also carried out mining activities on Pallavaram Hill made of charnockite rock which is believed to have healing properties.

From the time Holland, named the rock as Charnockite, its characteristics have been extensively studied by several researches in Earth Sciences over the century.

Significantly, about 60% of the state is composed of the Archean complex which consist of gneisses, granites and charnockite rocks.

This exceptional formation is found above parent rock types of various composition namely, charnockite, leptynite, anorthosite and gabbro in Kerala.

It often occurs in association with norite, anorthosite, charnockite and rapakivi granite in Proterozoic metamorphic belts.

It is most often confused with the minerals augite and biotite mica, both of which are black and can be found in granite and in charnockite.

In the western part of Getterön, the bedrock consists of charnockite, formed from magma pushed up from the Earth's crust and then solidified.

Several incidents in Charnock's life are linked to Charnockite rock, Chennai city (formerly Madras) and the St. Thomas Mount.

A nunatak east of Muhlig-Hoffmannfjell depicts a classical inter-relationship between charnockite and ranite; but no textural difference between these two types of rocks was observed.

The garnets illuminate gneiss and the associated norites occurring as patches within the genesis of southern Mysore represent the remnants of the older khondalite - charnockite system.

Geological mapping and glaciological studies carried out by Geological Survey of India, in the Muhlig-Hoffmannfjell area revealed very coarse-grained porphyritic granite and charnockite.

The Archaeans are mainly represented by the Charnockite Group of rocks comprising garnetiferrous granulite and the Khondalite Group of rocks made up of quartzite of genesses.

Mainly, western Getterön consists of two different types of charnockite: Varberg charnockite and Apelviken-Getterön charnockite.

The Archean complex made up of Dharwad schists and granitic gneisses: These cover around 60% of the area of the state and consist of gneisses, granites and charnockite rocks.