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We received a great question about syenite at our Ask-A-Geologist section. If you want to submit your own question, we would love to hear from you. Here is today’s question:

Question:   What is syenite used for?

Answer:   Syenite is an igneous rock that is usually gray, pink or violet in color. Because it is an intrusive rock, you can see small to medium-sized mineral crystals in the rock which include mostly feldspars and hornblende with smaller amounts of minerals such as pyroxene, mica, quartz and magnetite.  Nice deposits of syenite are often found in Egypt, Italy, Germany, Norway, and United States. Syenite does not have too many uses other than as polished slab for construction in buildings.

Filed under: Geology / Earth Science on August 12th, 2013