noun
definition
A rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle.
Examples of peridotite in a Sentence
With the J urassic beds is associated an extensive series of eruptive rocks (gabbro, peridotite, serpentine, diorite, granite, &c.); they are chiefly of Jurassic age, but the eruptions may have continued into the Lower Cretaceous.
Tremolite-schist and anthophyllite-schist are in nearly all cases the representatives of the ultra-basic igneous rocks such as peridotite in regions of high metamorphism.
In 1906 diamonds were found in a peridotite dike in Pike county 22 m.
Peridotite and gabbro form much of the eastern peninsula (Banggai).
The main mineral deposits are the nickel ores, occurring as veins of garnierite, associated with peridotite dikes, in the ancient rocks of the eastern slope of the island.
It appears to consist chiefly of gabbro, peridotite, serpentine and other very basic eruptive rocks, which are believed to be of Cretaceous age.