Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A type of peridotite consisting primarily of olivine and orthopyroxene.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
saxonite .
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- noun mineralogy An
ultramafic igneous rock , a variety ofperidotite consisting mostly ofolivine and low-calcium pyroxene .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German Harzburgit, after Bad Harzburg, a town in the Harz Mountains of Germany.]
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Examples
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Conversion of the harzburgite to lizarditic serpentine under supercritical condition is texturally preservative and probably induces about 40% volume expansion.
At it Again Silver Fox 2008
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All three lithologies have abundant mantle xenoliths (eclogite, garnet lherzolite and garnet harzburgite) up to 20 cm in size and abundant mantle-derived garnets.
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