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dunitic wehrlite
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dunitic wehrliteis a kind of plutonic cumulate2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
has composition olivine and some clinopyroxene2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
plutonic rockhas solidification mechanism cooling in deep underground chambers2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
has solidification timescale very slow2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
fractional crystallized rockhas genesis fractional crystallization2000-12-14 14:18:21.0
gravitationally separated rockhas property formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field2000-12-14 14:18:20.0
rockhas part mineral2000-12-14 14:18:20.0
has texture2000-12-14 14:18:20.0

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