KIMBERLITE


Meaning of KIMBERLITE in English

or blue ground

Dark, heavy, often fragmented igneous rock that may contain

Kimberlite is a {{link=mica">mica peridotite, an ultrabasic rock type with a complex and often highly altered mineral composition. It occurs in the Kimberley district of South Africa and the Kimberley and Lake Argyle regions of Australia, as well as near Ithaca, N.Y.

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