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Basalt vs Pyrolite - What's the difference?

basalt | pyrolite |

As nouns the difference between basalt and pyrolite

is that basalt is basalt while pyrolite is a theoretical rock considered to be the best approximation of the composition of earth's upper mantle, generally considered to be one part tholeiitic basalt and three parts dunite.

basalt

English

(wikipedia basalt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  • A type of unglazed pottery.

    • Derived terms

    * basaltic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    pyrolite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pyrolite)
  • A theoretical rock considered to be the best approximation of the composition of Earth's upper mantle, generally considered to be one part tholeiitic basalt and three parts dunite.

    • Related terms

    * pyrolitic