Peridotite is a dense, coarse-grained plutonic is the main constituent of the earth's mantle 0
From French, from peridot + -ite 0
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock 0
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock 0
Decorative Aggregates, Interior Decoration 0
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration 0
As Dimension Stone, Cobblestones 0
Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines 0
Creating Artwork, Gemstone, Jewelry, Source of Chromite, Platinum, Nickel and Garnet, Source of Diamonds 0
Dunite, Wehrlite, Harzburgite, Lherzolite and Pyrolite 0
Constitutes upper part of the Earth's mantle, Generally rough to touch, Host rock for Diamond, Is one of the oldest rock 0
Archaeological Significance
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Peridotites can be formed in two ways: as mantle rocks formed during the accretion and differentiation of the Earth or as cumulate rocks formed by precipitation of olivine and pyroxenes from basaltic magmas. 0
Amphibole, Chromite, Garnet, Magnesium, Olivine, Phlogopite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene 0
Ca, Fe, Mg, Potassium, Silicon Dioxide, Sodium, Titanium Dioxide 0
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Hydrothermal Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism 0
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering 0
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant 0
Deposits in Eastern Continents
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China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey 0
Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela 0
Deposits in Western Continents
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Deposits in Oceania Continent
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New Zealand, Western Australia 0