What's the difference between chrysolite and lherzolite?
Chrysolite
Definition:
(n.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has been found that the silicates widely used in America can contain three forms of asbestos, anthophyllite, tremolite, and chrysolite.
(2) The long-term residents of Thetford Mines in Quebec Province, Canada, who have never engaged in mining and milling of chrysolite have not shown an excess mortality of respiratory diseases.
Lherzolite
Definition:
(n.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).