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Dunite is a green to brownish coarse-grained igneous rock mainly consisting of olivine
Ferdinand von Hochstetter
From the name of Dun Mountain, New Zealand, + -ite1
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Essexite which is also known as nepheline monzogabbro, is a dark gray or black holocrystalline plutonic Iigneous Rock
From the locality in Essex County, Massachusetts,US
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock