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What is a lopolith?

What is a lopolith? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) a mass of volcanic or igneous rock found within strata which has spilled downward into underlaying strata and forms depressed regions.
  2. (geology) mass similar to laccolith but concave down
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The ultramafic rocks are probably Jurassic or Cretaceous in age, and constitute a spoon-shaped lopolith with a dunite feeder plug at the east end.
A stockwork of dykes of mainly jotunitic composition crosscuts the anorthosite bodies and the lopolith.

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