lherzolite

lherzolite

English

Etymology

From Lherz in the Pyrenées +‎ -lite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈləːzəlʌɪt/

Noun

lherzolite (countable and uncountable, plural lherzolites)

1. (mineralogy) A dark-green igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 60:

     The most important variety is called lherzolite: its list of constituent minerals includes a lot of olivine but also feldspar and pyroxene, and often small quantities of two other minerals: garnet and spinel.

Further reading

• “lherzolite”, in Mindat.org – Glossary‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.