- 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...
- 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...
-
Olivine weathering to
iddingsite within a
mantle xenolith,
demonstrating the
principles of the
Goldich dissolution series...
- Mantle-peridotite
xenolith from San
Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. The
xenolith is
dominated by
green peridot olivine,
together with...
- An
ultramafic mantle xenolith with
olivine and
pyroxene (altering
brown to iddingsite) in a
matrix of
mafic basalt scoria...
-
inclusions in ice
cores is an
important tool in the
study of
climate change. A
xenolith is a
preexisting rock
which has been
picked up by a lava flow. Melt inclusions...
-
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...
-
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...
