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Definition of Peridotite

1. Noun. A dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine.

Definition of Peridotite

1. n. An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine.

Definition of Peridotite

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Medical Definition of Peridotite

1. An eruptive rock characterised by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine. The chief diamond deposits in South Africa occur in a more or less altered peridotite. Origin: Cf. F. Peridotite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Peridotite

perididymis perididymitis peridinian Peridiniidae Peridinium peridium peridium peridiums peridiverticulitis peridot

peridot peridote peridotes peridotic peridotite (current term) peridotite (current term) peridotites peridotitic peridots peridrome

periduodenitis peridural peridural anaesthesia periencephalitis perienteric perienteritis perienteron periependymal periesophageal periesophagitis

Literary usage of Peridotite

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1. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"CHAPTER XXI peridotite CLAN AND MAGMATIC ORES INCLUDED SPECIES Most of the ... The peridotite clan includes the rock species named as follows: Plutonic ..."

2. The Deposits of the Useful Minerals & Rocks: Their Origin, Form, and Content by Franz Heinrich August Beyschlag, Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1914)
"All the chromite deposits yet known occur in peridotite or in the serpentine arising from the decomposition of that rock, though the discovery of new ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"CORUNDUM IN peridotite. As described in Chapter I, the peridotites and associated basic rocks ... The peridotite is also generally altered near the contact, ..."

4. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"Map of peridotite formation at Corundum Hill, Macon County, NC [US Geological Survey.] At what is known as the Buck Creek, ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"... peridotite from Knoz County, Maine. A Sulphide Ore of Igneous Origin. ES BASTIN. US Geol. Survey. /. Geol., 16, 124-38. ..."

6. The Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye by Alfred Harker (1904)
"peridotite, SE slope of Sgurr Dubh na ... An average peridotite from near the mouth of ... An enstatite-peridotite, with only a small amount of ..."

7. Cecil County by Maryland Geological Survey, George Burbank Shattuck, Florence Bascom, Edward Bennett Mathews, Clarence Wilbur Dorsey, Jay Allan Bonsteel, Oliver Lanard Fassig, Henry Albert Pressey, Louis Agricola Bauer, Hugh M. Curran, George Bishop Sudworth, Geologic (1902)
"peridotite. This type is, like the pyroxenite, found associated with the serpentine, and as included bodies and dikes within the gabbro belt. ..."

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