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thumb|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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