Lherzolite is a type of ultramafic igneous rock. It is a coarse grained rock consisting of 40 to 90% olivine along with significant orthopyroxene and lesser calcic chromium rich clinopyroxene. Minor minerals include chromium and aluminium spinels and garnets. Plagioclase can occur in lherzolites and other peridotites that crystallize at relatively...
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• (n.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
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Lher'zo·lite (lẽr'zo*līt)
noun [ From
Lherz , a place in the Pyrenees +
-lite .]
(Min.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
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Lherzolite, named after Lherz in the Pyrenees is an igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
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