When Holland (1900) coined the term “charnockite” he was reluctant to have it applied outside India. Nevertheless, under a misconception that the Madras-type rock formed an homogeneous hypersthene-bearing pluton, hypersthene-bearing plutons described around the world have been variously termed charnockite or charnockitic. Despite the misconceptions (and the resultant confusion in the use of the term charnockite) such a hypersthene-bearing suite of plutonic igneous rocks does appear to constitute a homogeneous entity, having similar petrogenetic and field relationships wherever it occurs. It is most frequently found in association with the widespread middle to late Proterozoic anorthosite-rapakivi granite complexes of the continental cratons, examples being described from Quebec, Canada (Grenville and Nain provinces), New York State, U.S.A. (Adirondacks), Finland (Wiborg massif), Norway (Rogaland, Farsund, Jotunheim), Sweden (Varberg massif),...
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Park, A.F. (1989). Charnockite suite. In: Petrology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30845-8_38
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