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Dunite vs Pyrolite - What's the difference?

dunite | pyrolite |

As nouns the difference between dunite and pyrolite

is that dunite is (mineral) a type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture 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.

dunite

English

(wikipedia dunite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture.

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    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