Types of Ultrapotassic Rocks
- Lamprophyres and melilitic rocks
- Kimberlite
- Lamproite
- Orangeite (see Group II kimberlite)
- Feldspathoid-bearing rocks such as leucitites
- K-feldspar enriched leucogranites
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