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    Dunite (/ˈduːnaɪt, ˈdʌnaɪt/), also known as olivinite (not to be confused with the mineral olivenite), is an intrusive igneous rock of ultramafic composition...
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    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...
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    Nooksack River. Twin Sisters Mountain is composed of relatively unaltered dunite, an ultramafic rock that is mostly olivine. The Twin Sisters Range is a...
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    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...
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    from settling out of minerals from a magma chamber. Cumulate peridotite: dunite-rich layers of minerals that settled out from a magma chamber. Tectonized...
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    is a rare sulfur-poor nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinitized dunite. It occurs as disseminations and masses of opaque, metallic light bronze...
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    Desquamation of dunite boulder...
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    Gavin Arthur (category Dunites)
    that the magazine was a "platform where Dunites could express their varied worldviews and religious ideals". Dunites were group of artists and mystics who...
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  • 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...
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    Province, Austria. Protolith was a Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic upper mantle dunite peridotite that has been multiply metamorphosed during the Devonian, Permian...
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