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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
Migmatite is typically a granitic rock within a metamorphic host rock which is composed of two intermingled but distinguishable components
From the Greek word migma which means a mixture
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock