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olivine grains, is
common in
peridotites because of the
deformation ****ociated with
their tectonic mode of emplacement.
Peridotites have two
primary modes of...
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Ronda peridotite is a 300-square-kilometre (120 sq mi)
peridotite body in
Betic Cordillera,
southern Spain. List of ophiolites:
Mediterranean and Peri-Arabic...
- and norites, from
which they
differ by the
absence of feldspar, and to
peridotites,
which are
distinguished from them by
containing more than 40% olivine...
- an
indicator mineral for high-pressure rocks. Mantle-derived
rocks (
peridotites and eclogites)
commonly contain a
pyrope variety.
Spessartine or spessartite...
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primarily of
basalt and gabbro. Both
continental and
oceanic crust rest on
peridotite of the mantle.[citation needed]
Rocks may melt in
response to a decrease...
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grade metabasites and
gneiss with
small remnants of sub-continental
peridotites,
which separate East
Hindu Kush from the Karakoram. Its
emplacement has...
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which they crystallized. The
ultramafic intrusives include the dunites,
peridotites and pyroxenites.
Other rare
varieties include troctolite which has a...
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Awaruite occurs in
river placer deposits derived from
serpentinized peridotites and ophiolites. It also
occurs as a rare
component of meteorites. It...
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Dunite is the olivine-rich
endmember of the
peridotite group of mantle-derived rocks.
Dunite and
other peridotite rocks are
considered the
major constituents...
- and
Eurasian plates. The
flysch zone
consists of
alternate areas of
peridotites,
sandy shales, and dolomites,
covered by
gravel terraces. The mountain...
