• (n.) A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.
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intrusive igneous rock of ultramafic (very silica-poor) composition that is composed largely of olivine and augite and is somewhat similar to ...
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Pic'rite noun [ From Greek ... bitter.]
(Min.) A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.
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Picrite is a crystalline igneous rock which consists essentially of olivine and augite, but usually also contains iron oxides, a little feldspar, biotite, hornblende and apatite.
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