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Peridot or shade of green
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olivine
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The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula ( Mg , Fe ) Si O . Thus it is a type of nesosilicate or orthosilicate . It is a common mineral in the Earth's subsurface but weathers quickly on the surface. The ratio of magnesium and iron ...
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n. (context mineralogy geology English) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
Usage examples of olivine.
Among the booty was a set of throne-like chairs, each adorned with carvings of flowers: marigolds of topaz and crocodilite, roses of pink quartz, hyacinths of lapis lazuli, their leaves cut from chryso-prase, olivine, jade.
I discovered that the exoskeleton was an organic-inorganic matrix composed of carbon compounds and silicate minerals, primarily olivine, pyroxene, and magnetite, substances commonly found in meteorites.
After three days the side effects of some of the component minerals, primarily peridotite and olivine, cause violent mental aberrations and hallucinations.
Possum was composed primarily of crystals: plagioclase, pyroxene, ilmenite, olivine, and other minerals.
Tolland and Corky had been discussing these metallic chondrules for some time now, talking in scientific terms well over Rachel's head—equilibrated olivine levels, metastable glass matrices, and metamorphic rehomogenation.
There were grains of rock—silicate minerals called olivines and pyroxenes—and minerals of iron and nickel, kamacite and taenite.
It simulated a natural grotto with three shallow terraces, carved from lustrous olivine shot through with rich veins of milky quartz and gold.
Above this 'transition zone' the main rocks are olivine, pyroxine, and garnet.
In fact, locked up in Cruithne there were also troilite, olivine, pyroxene, and feldspar—minerals that could also serve as sources of ferrous metals when the nickel-iron was exhausted, even if their extraction was a little more complex.
In fact, locked up in Cruithne there were also troilite, olivine, pyroxene, and feldspar -- minerals that could also serve as sources of ferrous metals when the nickel-iron was exhausted, even if their extraction was a little more complex.