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Record 1 2022-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
  • Economic Geology
CONT

Garnet peridotite is a coarse-grained, ultra mafic igneous rock which forms at extreme depths within the [Earth's] upper mantle, over 40 km in depth. As such, the rock is composed of high pressure, high temperature forming minerals such as olivine which gives the rock an [overall] green colouration of varying shades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie économique
OBS

Il s'agit d'une péridotite contenant de nombreux cristaux de grenat pyropes noyés dans de l'olivine verdâtre.

Spanish

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