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- noun geology Any of several
volcanic rocks having a highpotassium content
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You can also smash it with enormous jaw crushers, so it is disturbing to discover that once the diamond-bearing lamproite ore is transported to the processing plant, everything is reduced to the size of a marble.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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You can also smash it with enormous jaw crushers, so it is disturbing to discover that once the diamond-bearing lamproite ore is transported to the processing plant, everything is reduced to the size of a marble.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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