Olivine

Word OLIVINE
Character 7
Hyphenation ol i vine
Pronunciations /ˈɒlɪviːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Olivine"

What do we mean by olivine?

A mineral silicate of iron and magnesium, principally (Mg, Fe)2SiO4, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a structural material in refractories and in cements. noun

A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks. It is a silicate of magnesium and iron ((Mg,Fe)SiO4). noun

Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system. noun

A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium noun

Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

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The word "olivine" in example sentences

The mineral most subject to this serpentinization process is called olivine—also known in its gemstone form as peridot—and it is common on Mars. ❋ Marc Kaufman (2011)

And there's a mineral called olivine, which is very, very susceptible to being altered by water and changed into other compounds, but there is a lot of olivine on Mars, and that would indicate, well, maybe there wasn't water because there shouldn't be so much olivine there if there was an ocean. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I found a mass of crystals of the greenish volcanic glass, called olivine, imbedded in a piece of phonolite which looked as blue and fresh as if only quarried yesterday. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

In them are found the beautiful olive-green crystals of the mineral called olivine, sometimes used by jewellers. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

What Spitzer observed was a sort of perpetual crystalline rainstorm made of a bright green mineral of a class called olivine, pouring down on the infant star. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They are composed of roughly equal amounts of iron-nickel alloy and a green-brown-coloured silicate mineral called olivine and are thought to come from deep within asteroids. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The mineral, called olivine, is deemed to be a telltale of mantle, the deep inner layer of iron - and magnesium-rich rock that lies beneath the Moon's crust. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All eight white dwarf systems observed showed signatures of a glassy silicate mineral similar to olivine, which is common on Earth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the referenced comments above referred specifically to olivine, which is (Mg, Fe) SiO4, which could sequester a mass of C per unit mass rock similar to that for carbonates** as calculated above if the Fe can be used. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Structures in the meteorites - pores lined with fine-grained crystals of a mineral called olivine - suggest that the asteroid was blasted off the surface of a larger rock, reported Michael Zolensky of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The team found the dust contains a glassy silicate material similar to olivine, which is common on Earth and has also been seen on the Moon and Mars. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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