Serpentinized Lherzolite (ultrabasic rock)

3D ModelNoAI

See the whole collection of Ornamental Stones

Locality: Breaza, Romania

No.: 2027

Size: 14 x 10 x 1.5 cm

Type: Igneous intrusive (plutonic) rock

Description: A Lherzolite is an ultrabasic igneous rock dominated by essential Olivine, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene in equal proportions. Lherzolites are a peridotite and the main component of the upper mantle.

Essential minerals: olivine and pyroxenes (both clino- and ortho-).

Accessory minerals: plagioclase, spinel, garnet, ilmenite, chromite and magnetite.

Website: http://geology.uaic.ro/muzee/mineralogie/

Concept & 3D-modelling by dr. Andrei Ionut APOPEI