Kimberlite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rock formation in South Africa containing peridotite, in which diamonds are formed.
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  • n. A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In petrography, a dense porphyritic peridotite, occurring at Kimberley, South Africa, partly serpentinized with phenocrysts of olivin and with a few of biotite, bronzite, ilmenite, perovskite, and pyrope.
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  • n. a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
    • Hypernym
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