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单词 serpentinite
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serpentinite

/ˈsəːp(ə)ntɪˌnʌɪt /
noun [mass noun] Geology
A dark, typically greenish metamorphic rock, consisting largely of serpentine or related minerals, formed when mafic igneous rocks are altered by water.It has also been found in silica-poor igneous rocks, such as syenite, nepheline syenite, serpentinite, and lamprophyre....
  • Compositionally, the turbidites are mostly feldspathic litharenites with trace amounts of serpentinite, anorthosite and mafic volcanic clasts.
  • The resulting rock, called serpentinite, has a much lower density than the original peridotite, thereby increasing the relative buoyancy of the future ophiolite - and with this its chances of obduction.

Origin

1930s: from serpentine + -ite1.

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