File:Kimberlite_(Hamilton_Branch_Kimberlite,_Elliott_County_Peridotite,_Late_Cretaceous,_~75_Ma;_between_Ison_Creek_&_Hamilton_Branch,_Elliott_County,_Kentucky,_USA).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
کیمبرلیت
Sign in to savethumb|False-color scanning electron microscope image of kimberlite from South Africa. [[Olivine crystals (green) are in a fine-grained matrix made up of clay minerals and carbonates (presented in blue, purple and buff colors).]]
Key facts
- Rock.name
- Kimberlite
- Rock.type
- Igneous
- Rock.image
- Kimberlite (Hamilton Branch Kimberlite, Elliott County Peridotite, Late Cretaceous, ~75 Ma; between Ison Creek & Hamilton Branch, Elliott County, Kentucky, USA).jpg
- Rock.caption
- Kimberlite from the United States
- Rock.composition
- Forsteritic olivine and carbonate minerals, with trace amounts of magnesian ilmenite, chromium pyrope, almandine-pyrope, chromium diopside, phlogopite, enstatite and titanium-poor chromite. Sometimes contains diamonds.
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