EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN noun . Petrology a variety of micaceous peridotite, low in silica content and high in magnesium content, in which diamonds are formed. Origin of kimberlite 1885–90;
, South Africa; see
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The diamonds at Kimberley are found in a blue earth, technically known as
kimberlite and commonly called "blue ground."
"We placed the instruments without difficulty," Balgos began—and Connel's eye caught sight of the
kimberlite samples on the table. British Dictionary definitions for kimberlite noun an intrusive igneous rock generated at great depth in the earth's mantle and consisting largely of olivine and phlogopite. It often contains diamonds Word Origin for kimberlite
Kimberley + -ite 1
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A type of peridotite consisting of a fine-grained matrix of calcite and olivine and containing phenocrysts of olivine, garnet, and sometimes diamonds. Kimberlites are found in long, vertical volcanic pipes, especially in South Africa.
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