Dunite (/ˈduːnaɪt, ˈdʌnaɪt/), also known as olivinite (not to be confused with the mineral olivenite), is an intrusive igneous rock of ultramafic composition...

the rock. Peridotites are further classified as follows: Dunite: more than 90% olivine Dunite is found as prominent veins in the peridotite layer of ophiolites...

The Spruce Pine Mining District is a swath of the valley of the North Toe River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina. The area is...

is a rare sulfur-poor nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinitized dunite. It occurs as disseminations and masses of opaque, metallic light bronze...

from settling out of minerals from a magma chamber. Cumulate peridotite: dunite-rich layers of minerals that settled out from a magma chamber. Tectonized...

Nooksack River. Twin Sisters Mountain is composed of relatively unaltered dunite, an ultramafic rock that is mostly olivine. The Twin Sisters Range is a...

Desquamation of dunite boulder...

Province, Austria. Protolith was a Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic upper mantle dunite peridotite that has been multiply metamorphosed during the Devonian, Permian...

Chattahoochee National Forest. The mountain consists mostly of soapstone and dunite. On a clear day it is possible to see the tallest buildings of Atlanta,...

of a lower peridotite member (Peridotite zone) consisting of alternating dunite, chromitite, harzburgite and bronzite pyroxenite. The upper third is massive...

group of mystics, nudists, artists, writers, and hermits known as the "Dunites" inhabited the Dunes. They regarded the Dunes as a center of creative energy...

Basanite Igneous rock Volcanic bomb of black basanite enclosing a xenolith of green dunite from Réunion...

Napoleonite, also known as corsite – Variety of diorite with orbicular structure Dunite – Ultramafic and ultrabasic rock from Earth's mantle which is made of the...

is found along the eastern and northern edge of Fiordland. The Anita Bay Dunite near Milford Sound is a small but highly prized source of pounamu. In the...

"mountain massif" of height 1,519 m. Its constitution is pyroxenites and dunites of lower and middle Paleozoic era. The slopes are covered with conifers...

7–7.2 km/s), and below they are similar to those through peridotite or dunite (7.6–8.6 km/s). This increase of approximately 1 km/s corresponds to a distinct...

Lanka, and India. Historically it was mined from deposits associated with dunites in North Carolina, US, and from a nepheline syenite in Craigmont, Ontario...

is very low in silica, with more than 90% of mafic minerals (komatiite, dunite). This classification is summarized in the following table: The percentage...

assumed to be a part of the originating mantle mineralogy. Xenoliths of dunite, peridotite and spinel lherzolite in basaltic lava flows are one example...

western parts of North Carolina such as the Newdale, Daybook, and Buck Creek Dunite. Some of these also pods extend into Tennessee and South Carolina. The Blue...

7–7.2 km/s), and below they are similar to those through peridotite or dunite (7.6–8.6 km/s). Second, in oceanic crust, there is a chemical discontinuity...

rhubarb species in the genus Rheum. It grows between 1000 and 4000 m on dunite rocks, among stones and slopes, and is now distributed in the temperate...

kaolin, sillimanite, limestone, diatomite, pyrophyllite, fluorite, vanadium, dunite, ilmenite, gallium and zircon. It is a group of complex silicate minerals...

that the magazine was a "platform where Dunites could express their varied worldviews and religious ideals". Dunites were group of artists and mystics who...

Dunite Webster, NC 3.244 7.0 — 7.59 7.78 Pyroxenite Sonoma Co., CA 3.247 6.8 — 7.79 8.01 Dunite Mt. Dun, New Zealand 3.258 7.5 7.69 7.80 8.00 Dunite Balsam...

spelling of this location. The Lherz massif also contains harzburgite and dunite, as well as layers of spinel pyroxenite, garnet pyroxenite, and hornblendite...

metamorphism of ferromagnesian minerals in mafic and ultramafic rocks, such as dunite, harzburgite, or lherzolite. These are rocks low in silica and composed...

Soapstone is formed by the metamorphism of ultramafic protoliths (e.g. dunite or serpentinite) and the metasomatism of siliceous dolomites. By mass, "pure"...

contact between felsic and mafic or ultramafic rocks such as pyroxenites and dunites. It also occurs in carbonatites and metamorphosed magnesium-rich limestone...

of the mantle. Although pure forsterite does not occur in igneous rocks, dunite often contains olivine with forsterite contents at least as Mg-rich as Fo92...