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Peridotite Moderate

Peridotite has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine

2

A rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle.

See Also
mantle peridotitic kelyphite kimberlite rock hornblende peridotites harzburgite
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
igneous rock
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
kimberlite
Rhyming Words
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