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An eruptive rock characterised by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine.
The chief diamond deposits in South Africa occur in a more or less altered peridotite.
Origin: Cf. F. Peridotite.
(01 Mar 1998)
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