User:Kierabiner/sandbox SERPENTINITE
Rock formed by hydration and metamorphic transformation of olivine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serpentinite is a rock composed predominantly of one or more serpentine group minerals, the name originating from the similarity of the texture of the rock to that of the skin of a snake.[1] Serpentinite has been called serpentine or serpentine rock, particularly in older geological texts and in wider cultural settings.[2][3][4][5][6]
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