Min. [See prec.: named by Rivière.] A dark-colored rock allied to kersantite.
1862. G. P. Scrope, Volcanos (ed. 2), 112. The augitic rocks of this class have likewise numerous varieties, respectively called … Diabase, Kersanton, [etc.].
1879. Rutley, Stud. Rocks, xii. 239. Kersantite differs mainly from kersanton in containing more or less hornblende.
