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Researchers Analyze Peridotite Rock Sample
09.01.10
 
JSC2010-E-120281 -- Peridotite fragment found at the Finsch diamond mine in South Africa
JSC2010-E-120281 (1 Sept. 2010) --- This is a fragment of the mantle root of the Kaapvaal craton, found at the Finsch diamond mine in South Africa. The sample, a rock called peridotite, is about 10 centimeters wide. A detail of the cut section shows the main minerals: pink garnet, green clinopyroxene, greenish white orthopyroxene, and a dark matrix made of olivine. Photo by Marina Lazarov.

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