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- 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...
- is a rare sulfur-poor nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinitized dunite. It occurs as disseminations and m****es of opaque, metallic light bronze...
- Nooksack River. Twin Sisters Mountain is composed of relatively unaltered dunite, an ultramafic rock that is mostly olivine. The Twin Sisters Range is a...
- group of mystics, nudists, artists, writers, and hermits known as the "Dunites" inhabited the Dunes. They regarded the Dunes as a center of creative energy...
- Dunite Webster, NC 3.244 7.0 — 7.59 7.78 Pyroxenite Sonoma Co., CA 3.247 6.8 — 7.79 8.01 Dunite Mt. Dun, New Zealand 3.258 7.5 7.69 7.80 8.00 Dunite Balsam...
- from settling out of minerals from a magma chamber. ****ulate peridotite: dunite-rich layers of minerals that settled out from a magma chamber. Tectonized...
- 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...
- rhubarb species in the genus Rheum. It grows between 1000 and 4000 m on dunite rocks, among stones and slopes, and is now distributed in the temperate...
- metamorphism of ferromagnesian minerals in mafic and ultramafic rocks, such as dunite, harzburgite, or lherzolite. These are rocks low in silica and composed...