lherzolite
English edit
Etymology edit
From Lherz in the Pyrenées + -lite.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lherzolite (countable and uncountable, plural lherzolites)
- (mineralogy) A dark-green igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 60:
- The most important variety is called lherzolite: its list of constituent minerals includes a lot of olivine but also feldspar and pyroxene, and often small quantities of two other minerals: garnet and spinel.
Further reading edit
- “lherzolite”, in Mindat.org – Glossary[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.