Dunite (/ˈduːnaɪt, ˈdʌnaɪt/), also known as olivinite (not to be confused with the mineral olivenite), is an intrusive igneous rock of ultramafic composition...

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...

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...

Nooksack River. Twin Sisters Mountain is composed of relatively unaltered dunite, an ultramafic rock that is mostly olivine. The Twin Sisters Range is a...

from settling out of minerals from a magma chamber. Cumulate peridotite: dunite-rich layers of minerals that settled out from a magma chamber. Tectonized...

Desquamation of dunite boulder...

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...

western parts of North Carolina such as the Newdale, Daybook, and Buck Creek Dunite. Some of these also pods extend into Tennessee and South Carolina. The Blue...

Province, Austria. Protolith was a Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic upper mantle dunite peridotite that has been multiply metamorphosed during the Devonian, Permian...

of a lower peridotite member (Peridotite zone) consisting of alternating dunite, chromitite, harzburgite and bronzite pyroxenite. The upper third is massive...