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Definition of Dunite

1. an igneous rock [n -S] : DUNITIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunite

Literary usage of Dunite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"The greater part of the area is occupied by peridotites, and of these the dunite is by far the most important. BUCK CREEK dunite. Megascopic characters. ..."

2. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1879)
"The dunite of New Zealand is stated to bo an eruptive rock, while the olivine rock ... A thin section of the olivine rock or dunite from ncar Mount Albert, ..."

3. A Report on the Asbestos, Talc and Soapstone Deposits of Georgia by Oliver Baker Hopkins (1914)
"This rock, while called an altered peridotite, gives every indication of being an altered dunite. ALTERED dunite (Darnell Property, ..."

4. Geology of the Serpentine Belt Coleraine Sheet, Thetford-Black Lake Mining by John Knox Knox (1918)
"These rocks have been mapped under the name of "serpentinized dunite and peridotite ... Only rarely is pure serpentine which has been derived from dunite or ..."

5. Lithological Studies: A Description and Classification of the Rocks of the by Marshman Edward Wadsworth (1884)
"... distinguished by olivine should, both as meteorites and terrestrial rocks, be designated by the term already in common use for the latter — dunite. ..."

6. Modern Lithology Illustrated and Defined, for the Use of University by Ernest Howard Adye (1907)
"dunite, Mount Dun, New Zealand, x 15.—The entire field is here shown to consist of compacted crystals of fresh colourless olivine exhibiting ..."

7. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"D, dunite; F, plagioclase segregation in the dunite; G, ... In each district dunite passes upward into pyroxenites, which in turn are overlain by ..."

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