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WEHRLITE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... an ultramafic and ultrabasic rock that is a mixture of olivine and clinopyroxene.

OBS

[Wehrlite] is a subdivision of the peridotites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

Variété de péridotite à clinopyroxène (diopside ou diallage).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
OBS

Peridotita cuyo mineral principal es la augita.

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