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Definition

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Texture

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Maintenance

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Water Resistant

Scratch Resistant

Stain Resistant

Wind Resistant

Acid Resistant

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Uses

Interior Uses

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Other Architectural Uses

Construction Industry

Medical Industry

Antiquity Uses

Commercial Uses

Types

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Monuments

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Sculpture

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Pictographs

Petroglyphs

Figurines

Fossils

Formation

Formation

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Compound Content

Metamorphism

Types of Metamorphism

Weathering

Types of Weathering

Erosion

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Properties

Hardness

Grain Size

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Porosity

Luster

Compressive Strength

Cleavage

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Specific Gravity

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Resistance

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Australia

 
Dunite is a green to brownish coarse-grained igneous rock mainly consisting of olivine
New Zealand
Ferdinand von Hochstetter
From the name of Dun Mountain, New Zealand, + -ite1
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Plutonic
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Phaneritic
Dark Greenish - Grey
Less
Durable
Rough and Shiny
 
Decorative Aggregates, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Paving Stone
Curbing
As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Raw material for the manufacture of mortar
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Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines
Creating Artwork, Gemstone, Jewelry, Source of Chromite, Platinum, Nickel and Garnet, Source of Diamonds
 
Dunite
Constitutes upper part of the Earth's mantle, Generally rough to touch, Host rock for Diamond, Is one of the oldest rock
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Dunite is a plutonic ultramafic igneous rock consisting almost m olivine. It can be formed in two ways.
Amphibole, Chromite, Garnet, Magnesium, Olivine, Phlogopite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene
Ca, CaO, Fe, Potassium, Silicon Dioxide, Sodium, Titanium Dioxide
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Coastal Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Water Erosion
 
3.5-4
Coarse Grained
Irregular
White
Less Porous
Shiny
107.55 N/mm2
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2.1
3-3.01
Translucent to Opaque
2.84-2.85 g/cm3
1.25 kJ/Kg K
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant
 
China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey
Morocco, South Africa
Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland
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Canada, USA
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
New Zealand, Western Australia
 
Ignimbrite is a volcanic rock consisting mainly of pumice fragments, formed by the consolidation of material deposited by pyroclastic flows
New Zealand
Patrick Marshall
From Latin ignis fire + imber, imbr- shower of rain, storm cloud + -ite
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Volcanic
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Aphanitic
Beige, Black, Brown, Grey, Pink, White
More
Durable
Dull, Vesicular and Foilated
 
Decorative Aggregates, Floor Tiles, Homes, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings, Paving Stone
Curbing
Building houses or walls, Construction Aggregate
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Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines
Cemetery Markers, Commemorative Tablets, Creating Artwork
 
Pyroclastic rock
Always found as volcanic pipes over deep continental crust
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Ignimbrites are formed from very poorly sorted mixture of volcanic ash or tuff and pumice lapilli, commonly with scattered lithic fragments.
Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Hematite, Hornblade, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Quartz
Ca, NaCl
Burial Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Hydrothermal Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion
 
4-6
Fine Grained
Uneven
White
Highly Porous
Vitreous to Dull
243.80 N/mm2
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2.73
Opaque
1-1.8 g/cm3
0.20 kJ/Kg K
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant
 
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Yemen
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
Antarctica, Hawaii Islands
Canada, Costa Rica, Panama, USA
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador
Central Australia, Western Australia

All about Dunite and Ignimbrite Properties

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