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Kimberlite logo #10101) Peridotite
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kimberlite logo #21003a dark-coloured, heavy, often altered and brecciated (fragmented), intrusive igneous rock that contains the only diamonds known to occur in the rock ... [6 related articles]
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Kimberlite

Kimberlite logo #22392A variety of peridotite that is found in volcanic pipes which are thought to be intrusions from the
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Kimberlite

Kimberlite logo #21217Kimberlite is an igneous rock containing very little silica.
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kimberlite logo #23000 A peridotite containing garnet and olivine and found in volcanic pipes, through which it may come from the upper mantle. It can be associated with diamonds or gold.
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kimberlite logo #20400[n] - a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds
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kimberlite logo #21221Igneous rock that is ultramafic (containing very little silica); a type of alkaline peridotite with a porphyritic texture (larger crystals in a fine-grained matrix), containing mica in addition to olivine and other minerals. Kimberlite represents the world's principal source of diamonds. Kimberlite is found in carrot-shaped pipelike...
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Kimberlite logo #22734A variety of peridotite; the most common host rock of diamonds.
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kimberlite logo #21199a variety of micaceous peridotite, low in silica content and high in magnesium content, in which diamonds are formed.
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