Kimberlite is an igneous rock and a rare variant of peridotite. It is most commonly known as the main host matrix for diamonds.

Apr 23, 2023 · Kimberlite is a gas rich potassic ultramafic igneous rock. Auistralia is currently the world’s largest producer of diamonds are low quality and used for industrial purposes. The …

May 15, 2019 · Kimberlite is the name given to a silica-poor and magnesium-rich extrusive igneous rock (e.g., a volcanic rock) that contains major amounts of olivine, often serpentinized. …

Jan 4, 2023 · Kimberlite is a mysterious and fascinating rock that has captured the attention of geologists and gemologists for centuries. Find out what makes it so special, and learn about …

Jan 20, 2024 · Kimberlite is a volcanic rock containing isolated pieces of rock or crystal that were pushed up out of the earth’s mantle by magma. Kimberlite can be identified by its fine-grain …

Kimberlite, a dark-coloured, heavy, often altered and brecciated (fragmented), intrusive igneous rock that contains diamonds in its rock matrix. It has a porphyritic texture, with large, often …

A polymict megacryst-rich ultramafic volcanic breccia, consisting of major amounts of serpentinized olivine, with variable amounts of phlogopite, carbonate, garnet (e.g. pyrope), …

Jul 17, 2023 · Kimberlite is a brecciated, inequigranular mantle-derived rock with many xenoliths and xenocrysts. It is a Mg-rich, ultramafic rock that hosts diamonds.

Oct 3, 2023 · Kimberlites are rare volcanic rocks with unusually deep origins. This Review explores the origin and evolution of kimberlite melts and their insights into mantle composition …

Kimberlite is composed of at least 35% olivine, together with other minerals such as mica, serpentine, and calcite (Jackson, 1997). Geologists call it an ultrabasic rock, which means it …