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harzburgite

harzburgite noun: an ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.

Noun

harzburgite (usually uncountable, plural harzburgites)

  1. (usually) An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
    • The two rutiles occur in veins in harzburgite xenoliths carried in volcanoes of the eastern African Rift: Labait and Pello Hill.2000 January 14, Roberta L. Rudnick et al., “Rutile-Bearing Refractory Eclogites: Missing Link Between Continents and Depleted Mantle”, in Science, volume 287, number 5451, →DOI, pages 278–281

Forms of harzburgite

pluralharzburgites

Origin of harzburgite

From Harzburg + -ite.

Words formed from harzburgite

Questions about harzburgite

What does harzburgite mean?
Harzburgite means an ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
What part of speech is harzburgite?
Harzburgite is a noun.
What is the plural of harzburgite?
The plural of harzburgite is harzburgites.

Words near harzburgite in the dictionary

  1. Harworth
  2. Harworth Bircotes
  3. Haryana
  4. Haryanvi
  5. Harz
  6. harzburgite
  7. harzburgites
  8. harzburgitic
  9. harzialactone
  10. harzialactones
  11. has

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