Serpentinite is a metamorphic rock composed predominantly of one or more serpentine group minerals formed by near to complete serpentinization of mafic...
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The Staten Island Serpentinite locality is a southward extension of the New England Uplands, adjacent to the Manhattan Prong. It includes Todt Hill on...
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The Merlis Serpentinites are an aligned group of small serpentinite outcrops in the northwestern French Massif Central. Their parent rocks were peridotites...
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such as olivine and pyroxene, in mafic and ultramafic rock to produce serpentinite. Minerals formed by serpentinization include the serpentine group minerals...
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The Coal Creek Serpentinite (Coal Creek Serpentine) is a name for a Precambrian rock formation that outcrops on the southeastern side of the Llano Uplift...
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phyllosilicates) are greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals commonly found in serpentinite. They are used as a source of magnesium and asbestos, and as decorative...
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name of ophiolites, because of the superficial texture of some of them. Serpentinite especially evokes a snakeskin. (The suffix -lite is from the Greek lithos...
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(formerly Big Blue), and South Chamorro serpentinite mud volcanoes. These mud volcanoes erupt a unique serpentinite mud composition that is related to the...
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barium titanium cyclosilicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. It forms in low temperature, high pressure environments typical of subduction...
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Hand sample of skarn containing serpentinite from the edge of the Alta Stock, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah...
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known as the serpentinite mechanism or the serpentinite process. CH4 + ½ O2 → 2 H2 + CO (2n+1) H2 + nCO → CnH(2n+2) + n H2O Serpentinites are ideal rocks...
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of >95% quartz Schist – Easily split medium-grained metamorphic rock Serpentinite – Rock formed by hydration and metamorphic transformation of olivine...
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retrograde metamorphic mineral derived from ultramafic rocks along with serpentinite. Anthophyllite is formed by the breakdown of talc in ultramafic rocks...
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The drilling discovered a mineral called serpentinite at the site of origin of the 2004 earthquake. Serpentinite can transform into talc, a very soft mineral...
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and mudstone equivalents; limestone and serpentinite conglomerate (uppermost Lower Ordovician); serpentinite, metagabbro and hornblende-schist. Their...
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intrusive rocks. In addition, it is found in metamorphic rocks such as some serpentinites. Ore deposits of chromite form as early magmatic differentiates. It...
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high-pressure polymorph of serpentine and is commonly found in metamorphosed serpentinites. Antigorite, and its serpentine polymorphs, play an important role in...
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usually found as small crystals associated with chromite in peridotite, serpentinite, and kimberlites. It is found in crystalline marbles and schists in the...
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their defining characteristic. Rodingites are common in ophiolites, serpentinite mélanges, ocean floor peridotites and eclogite massifs. Rodingite was...
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Much of the peninsula consists of the dark green and red Precambrian serpentinite, which forms spectacular cliffs, notably at Kynance Cove, and carved...
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through the northern coastline of the city. Volcanic rocks, predominantly serpentinite and diorite are apparent in the Muscat area and extend along the Gulf...
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Serpentine subgroup, a group of minerals Serpentinite, a type of rock Serpentine soil, soil derived from serpentinite Serpentine (alkaloid), a chemical compound...
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figurative works carved in relatively soft stone such as soapstone, serpentinite, or argillite have also become popular. Traditional Inuit clothing and...
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Altered serpentinite and associated sediments of the Highland Border Complex caught up in the fault zone – exposed on Druim nam Buraich, near Balmaha...
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metamorphism. Other important lithologies include chert, basalt, limestone, serpentinite, and high-pressure, low-temperature metabasites (blueschists and eclogites)...
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instead be replenished by volcanic or other geological means, such as serpentinite. Impact glass, formed by the impact of meteors, which on Earth can preserve...
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the only asbestos classed as a serpentine fiber. It is obtained from serpentinite rocks which are common throughout the world. Its idealized chemical formula...
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theory, water trapped in the extensive faulting of the Pacific Plate as serpentinite, is heated by the higher temperatures of depth during its subduction...
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Lizard complex (section Serpentinites)
foliated orthopyroxene (enstatite)-rich serpentinite and less foliated, less orthopyroxene rich serpentinite which is typified by the presence of amphibole...
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Irregular weathering of grey serpentinite to greyish-brown nickel-containing laterite with a high iron percentage (nickel limonite), near Mayagüez, Puerto...
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