Rock formed by hydration and metamorphic transformation of olivine
Serpentinite from the Maurienne valley, Savoie, French AlpsSample of serpentinite from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, United StatesChromitic serpentinite (7.9 cm (3.1 in) across), Styria Province, Austria. Protolith was a Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic upper mantle dunite peridotite that has been multiply metamorphosed during the Devonian, Permian, and Mesozoic.Tightly folded serpentinite from the Tux Alps, Austria. Closeup view about 30 cm × 20 cm (11.8 in × 7.9 in).
Serpentinite is a metamorphic rock composed predominantly of one or more serpentine group minerals formed by near to complete serpentinization of mafic to ultramafic rocks. Its name originated from the similarity of the texture of the rock to that of the skin of a snake.[1] Serpentinite has been called serpentine or serpentine rock, particularly in older geological texts and in wider cultural settings.[2][3][4][5][6]
Because most of the chemical reactions necessary to synthesize acetyl-CoA, essential to basic biochemical pathways of life, take place during serpentinization, serpentinite thermal vents are a candidate for the environment in which life on Earth originated.
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such as olivine and pyroxene, in mafic and ultramafic rock to produce serpentinite. Minerals formed by serpentinization include the serpentine group minerals...
name of ophiolites, because of the superficial texture of some of them. Serpentinite especially evokes a snakeskin. (The suffix -lite is from the Greek lithos...
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retrograde metamorphic mineral derived from ultramafic rocks along with serpentinite. Anthophyllite is formed by the breakdown of talc in ultramafic rocks...
instead be replenished by volcanic or other geological means, such as serpentinite. Impact glass, formed by the impact of meteors, which on Earth can preserve...
through the northern coastline of the city. Volcanic rocks, predominantly serpentinite and diorite are apparent in the Muscat area and extend along the Gulf...
their defining characteristic. Rodingites are common in ophiolites, serpentinite mélanges, ocean floor peridotites and eclogite massifs. Rodingite was...
figurative works carved in relatively soft stone such as soapstone, serpentinite, or argillite have also become popular. Traditional Inuit clothing and...
Much of the peninsula consists of the dark green and red Precambrian serpentinite, which forms spectacular cliffs, notably at Kynance Cove, and carved...
of >95% quartz Schist – Easily split medium-grained metamorphic rock Serpentinite – Rock formed by hydration and metamorphic transformation of olivine...
intrusive rocks. In addition, it is found in metamorphic rocks such as some serpentinites. Ore deposits of chromite form as early magmatic differentiates. It...
usually found as small crystals associated with chromite in peridotite, serpentinite, and kimberlites. It is found in crystalline marbles and schists in the...
in the Cassiar Highlands. The region around Jade City is rich with serpentinite (a jade precursor), greenstone (jade look-a-likes), and Nephrite jade...
metamorphism. Other important lithologies include chert, basalt, limestone, serpentinite, and high-pressure, low-temperature metabasites (blueschists and eclogites)...
amphibole in weakly carbonated serpentinite at greenschist facies or very rarely, uncarbonated amphibolite facies serpentinites Magnesite, and rarely dolomite...
collision zone and now forms the oldest bedrock strata of Staten Island, the serpentinite. This strata of the Lower Paleozoic (approximately 430 million years...
e-sugoroku is a racing game. Knucklebones die, made of soapstone Twenty-sided serpentinite die from Ptolemaic Egypt Roman die A collection of historical dice from...
theory, water trapped in the extensive faulting of the Pacific Plate as serpentinite, is heated by the higher temperatures of depth during its subduction...
Altered serpentinite and associated sediments of the Highland Border Complex caught up in the fault zone – exposed on Druim nam Buraich, near Balmaha...
Pyrophyllite – Aluminium silicate hydroxide phyllosilicate mineral Serpentinite – Rock formed by hydration and metamorphic transformation of olivine...
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