Definition of Dunite. Meaning of Dunite. Synonyms of Dunite

- Dunite (/ˈduːnaɪt, ˈdʌnaɪt/), also known as olivinite (not to be confused with the mineral olivenite), is an intrusive igneous rock of ultramafic composition...
- the rock. Peridotites are further classified as follows: Dunite: more than 90% olivine Dunite is found as prominent veins in the peridotite layer of ophiolites...
- The Spruce Pine Mining District is a swath of the valley of the North Toe River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina. The area is...
- from settling out of minerals from a magma chamber. ****ulate peridotite: dunite-rich layers of minerals that settled out from a magma chamber. Tectonized...
- Nooksack River. Twin Sisters Mountain is composed of relatively unaltered dunite, an ultramafic rock that is mostly olivine. The Twin Sisters Range is a...
- Desquamation of dunite boulder...
- Province, Austria. Protolith was a Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic upper mantle dunite peridotite that has been multiply metamorphosed during the Devonian, Permian...
- is found along the eastern and northern edge of Fiordland. The Anita Bay Dunite near ****ord Sound is a small but highly prized source of pounamu. In the...
- Basanite Igneous rock Volcanic bomb of black basanite enclosing a xenolith of green dunite from Réunion...
- Napoleonite, also known as corsite – Variety of diorite with orbicular structure Dunite – Ultramafic and ultrabasic rock from Earth's mantle which is made of the...