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Serpentinite is a
metamorphic rock
composed predominantly of
serpentine group minerals formed by
serpentinization of
mafic or
ultramafic rocks. The ancient...
- phyllosilicates) are greenish, brownish, or
spotted minerals commonly found in
serpentinite. They are used as a
source of
magnesium and asbestos, and as decorative...
- The
Staten Island Serpentinite locality is a
southward extension of the New
England Uplands,
adjacent to the
Manhattan Prong. It
includes Todt Hill on...
- such as
olivine and pyroxene, in
mafic and
ultramafic rock to
produce serpentinite.
Minerals formed by
serpentinization include the
serpentine group minerals...
- name of ophiolites,
because of the
superficial texture of some of them.
Serpentinite especially evokes a snakeskin. (The
suffix -lite is from the Gr**** lithos...
- high-pressure
polymorph of
serpentine and is
commonly found in
metamorphosed serpentinites. Antigorite, and its
serpentine polymorphs, play an
important role in...
- The
Merlis Serpentinites are an
aligned group of
small serpentinite outcrops in the
northwestern French M****if Central.
Their parent rocks were peridotites...
-
barium titanium cyclosilicate mineral,
found in
hydrothermally altered serpentinite. It
forms in low temperature, high
pressure environments typical of subduction...
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known as the
serpentinite mechanism or the
serpentinite process. CH4 + ½ O2 → 2 H2 + CO (2n+1) H2 + nCO → CnH(2n+2) + n H2O
Serpentinites are
ideal rocks...
- faults,
positive Eu
anomalies are
particularly notable in
serpentinites.
Forearc serpentinites may show
weaker anomalies influenced by slab-derived fluids...
