kimberlite

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A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds
or blue ground Dark, heavy, often fragmented igneous rock that may contain diamonds in the rock matrix. Kimberlite is a mica peridotite, an ultrabasic rock type with a complex and often highly altered mineral composition. It occurs in the Kimberley district of South Africa and the Kimberley and Lake Argyle regions of Australia, as well as near Ithaca, N.Y
a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
kimberlite

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    kim·ber·lite

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    Etymology

    () Based on the name of the South African town of Kimberley where the mineral was first found.
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