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lherzolites

lherzolites is the plural of lherzolite.

Meaning of lherzolite

Noun

lherzolite (countable and uncountable, plural lherzolites)

  1. A dark-green igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite.
    • The most important variety is called lherzolite: its list of constituent minerals includes a lot of olivine but also feldspar and pyroxene, and often small quantities of two other minerals: garnet and spinel.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 60

Questions about lherzolites

What is lherzolites the plural of?
Lherzolites is the plural of lherzolite.

Words near lherzolites in the dictionary

  1. Lhermitte sign
  2. Lhermitte's hallucinosis
  3. Lhermitte's sign
  4. Lhermitte-Duclos disease
  5. lherzolite
  6. lherzolites
  7. lherzolitic
  8. LHF
  9. LHI
  10. LHL
  11. Lhoba

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