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Diabase and Kimberlite Types and Facts

Types

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Dolerite
Basaltic Kimberlites and Micaceous Kimberlites

Features

Smooth to touch
Always found as volcanic pipes over deep continental crust, Host rock for Diamond, Is one of the oldest rock, Surfaces are often shiny

Archaeological Significance

Monuments

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Famous Monuments

Stonehenge in English county of Wiltshire
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Sculpture

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Famous Sculptures

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Pictographs

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Petroglyphs

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Figurines

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Fossils

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Types of Diabase and Kimberlite

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Diabase Texture and Kimberlite Texture. Types of Diabase are Dolerite whereas the types of Kimberlite are Basaltic Kimberlites and Micaceous Kimberlites.During historic times, some rocks depending on their hardness were used to create Pictographs and Petroglyphs. Rocks which are hard were generally not used. Pictographs are paintings or drawings that have been placed or created on the surface of rock. Diabase and Kimberlite were for creating pictographs. Petroglyph is an image which is carved into a rock. These are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving or abrading, as a form of rock art. Diabase and Kimberlite were for creating petroglyphs.