different between laccolith vs lamprophyre

English

From Ancient Greek ?????? (lákkos, “cistern”) + -lith.

laccolith (plural laccoliths)

(geology) A mass of igneous or volcanic rock found within strata which forces the overlaying strata upwards and forms domes.
A mass similar to lopolith but concave up.

Ancient Greek ??µ???? (laµprós) (lamprós) = "bright" and ???? (phúr?) (phýro) = "to mix".

lamprophyre (plural lamprophyres)

(geology) An uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rock primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks and small intrusions.

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