olivine in a sentence

Examples

1. Phenocrysts in the rocks contain clinopyroxene, olivine, orthopyroxene and phlogopite.
2. Basanites contain more olivine and less plagioclase / pyroxene phenocrysts.
3. Ida's regolith is composed of the silicate minerals olivine and pyroxene.
4. Magnesium-rich olivine ( forsterite ) favors production of magnesite from peridotite.
5. Watchtower class rocks lack olivine consequently they may have been altered by water.
6. The satellite cones have erupted olivine-containing basalts.
7. Rocks like olivine or gabbro can be dug up.
8. Their compositions range from alkali olivine basalt to basanitic.
9. The latter contain olivine, the former do not.
10. Localized concentrations of hematite and olivine have been found.