Definition of Lherzolites. Meaning of Lherzolites. Synonyms of Lherzolites

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Definition of Lherzolites

Lherzolite
Lherzolite Lher"zo*lite (l[~e]r"z[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [From Lherz, a place in the Pyrenees + -lite.] (Min.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).

Meaning of Lherzolites from wikipedia

- chromium and aluminium spinels and garnets. Plagioclase can occur in lherzolites and other peridotites that crystallize at relatively shallow depths (20...
- and spinel lherzolite in basaltic lava flows are one example. Kimberlites contain, in addition to diamond xenocrysts, fragments of lherzolites of varying...
- eruption samples them. Host rocks in a mantle keel include harzburgite and lherzolite, two type of peridotite. The most dominant rock type in the upper mantle...
- some Alpine peridotite m****ifs that consist mostly of lherzolite. Alpine or orogenic lherzolites represent subcontinental mantle lithosphere (the upper...
- orthopyroxenite 15.0 ± 0.8 Dunite (Ch****igny) 11.1 ± 1.6 Six nakhlites 10.8 ± 0.8 Lherzolites 3.8–4.7 Six basaltic shergottites 2.4–3.0 Five olivine-phyric shergottites...
- fluids, which can be produced by partial melting of hydrous-carbonated lherzolite to produce a CO2-rich primary magma, by fractional crystallization of...
- (northwestern India) and elsewhere in the western Deccan and contain spinel lherzolite and pyroxenite constituents. While the Deccan traps have been categorized...
- times, hence the Gr**** name for the island, Topazios. Layers of spinel-lherzolites with anhydrous Al-diopside pyroxenites and hydrous Cr-diopside pyroxenites...
- Latite – Type of volcanic rock – A silica-undersaturated form of andesite Lherzolite – an ultramafic and ultrabasic rock that is composed of olivine and pyroxenePages...
- Nepheline benmoreite magmas derived from mantle sources, containing lherzolite xenoliths, display similarities to some plutonic nepheline syenites. Sinton...