| 31. | Carbonatite melts are often considered to have been responsible for enrichment of mantle peridotite in incompatible elements.
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| 32. | Pyrope is common in peridotite xenoliths from kimberlite pipes, some of which are diamond-bearing.
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| 33. | In turn, peridotite is a coarse-grained igneous rock formed very deep inside the earth.
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| 34. | Within the rugged terrain serpentinized peridotite and gabbro are capped with a thin layer of extrusive basalt.
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| 35. | Harzburgite typically forms by the extraction of partial melts from the more pyroxene-rich peridotite called lherzolite.
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| 36. | Material of rhyolitic composition prevails, but tholeiitic basalts, rare peridotites and carbonate lenses do also occur.
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| 37. | The park includes two biomes typical of New Caledonia : maquis shrubland overlying peridotite rock and tropical rainforest.
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| 38. | The Josephine peridotite was a source of valuable chromium ore, mined in the region between 1917 and 1960.
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| 39. | The word " peridotite " comes from the gemstone peridot, which consists of pale green olivine.
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| 40. | Peridotites associated with Alaskan-type ultramafic complexes are cumulates that probably formed in the root zones of volcanoes.
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