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peridinian | peridiniidae | peridinium | peridium | peridot | peridotite | peridrome | periecians | perienteron | periergy | periganglionic

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peridotite

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per=i=do=tite

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun peridotite has 1 sense

peridotite(n = noun.substance) Array - a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine; Array

has particulars: kimberlite

CIDE DICTIONARY

peridotite, n. [Cf. F. péridotite.].

An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine. [1913 Webster]

" The chief diamond deposits in South Africa occur in a more or less altered peridotite." [1913 Webster]

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