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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

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diep stollingsgesteente gevormd door gewelddadige uitbarsting van de mantel dat diamanten kan vervoeren

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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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
peridotite
Named after
Kimberley
Material used
diamond
Image
Kimberlite picture.jpg
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Commons category
Kimberlite
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Kimberliet is een ultra-mafisch stollingsgesteente dat de belangrijkste bron van natuurlijke diamanten vormt.

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