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Lherzolite
Lherzolite

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Lherzolite is a type of ultramafic igneous rock which contains essential olivine and clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene in equal proportions
France
Unknown
From the Lherz Massif, an alpine peridotite complex, at Étang de Lers, near Massat in the French Pyrenees; Lherz is the archaic spelling of this location
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Plutonic
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Gossan is intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock, usually the upper and exposed part of an ore deposit or mineral vein.
Indonesia
Cornish Gossen
From Cornish gossen from gos, blood from Old Cornish guit
Metamorphic Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
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Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock