olivine in a sentence
Examples
- They appear green in colour and contain the magnesium iron silicate mineral olivine.
- Plagioclase and, in lesser measure, clinopyroxene and olivine form its phenocrysts.
- The lava flows contain olivine, ilmenite and magnetite.
- At least one lava erupted after the caldera-forming eruption contains olivine.
- The olivine-rich rock can be exposed by a variety of geological processes.
- Common mineral associates in igneous rocks include olivine, pyroxenes, amphiboles and magnetite.
- Mining for nickel and olivine continued until 2002.
- Veins of water-deposited veins are visible, along with crystals of olivine.
- Trident lavas are titanomagnetite, and rimmed olivine.
- The surface also does not contain any olivine.