harzburgite

Etymology

From Harzburg + -ite.

harzburgite means An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.

noun

An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.“The two rutiles occur in veins in harzburgite xenoliths carried in volcanoes of the eastern African Rift: Labait and Pello Hill.”