- A
xenolith ("foreign rock") is a rock
fragment (country rock) that
becomes enveloped in a
larger rock
during the latter's
development and solidification...
- and is the
likely source rock for
basaltic magma. It is
found as rare
xenoliths in basalt, such as
those of
Kilbourne Hole in
southern New Mexico, US...
-
Universe Zero, Müller
steals Xenolith's powers and body to
create a
replica of him for the Oración Seis Galáctica,
forcing Xenolith to
inhabit the body of a...
- 2 km) south.
Kilbourne Hole is
notable for the
large number of
mantle xenoliths (solid
fragments of
mantle rock) that were
carried to the
surface by the...
-
mantle by
examining mantle xenoliths brought up in kimberlite, lamproite, and
other volcanic pipes. The
histories of
these xenoliths have been investigated...
- on
Papakolea Beach,
Hawaii Light green olivine crystals in
peridotite xenoliths in
basalt from
Arizona Olivine basalt from the Moon,
collected in 1971...
- the
volcanic tuff.
Similar xenoliths have been
found in the tuff of
Surtsey and Heimaey.
During eruptions these xenoliths were
dislodged from eruption...
- skin and hair preserved. The
Potrillo volcanic field has two
important xenolith localities.
These are
Kilbourne Hole and
Potrillo maar
where mantle peridotites...
-
Olivine weathering to
iddingsite within a
mantle xenolith,
demonstrating the
principles of the
Goldich dissolution series...
-
compositions has led to a
longstanding debate on the
origin of
eclogite xenoliths as subducted,
altered oceanic crust. The name
eclogite is
derived from...
