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Kimberlite

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Noun

1. kimberlite

a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kimberlite

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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

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Kimberlite

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noun
a kind of peridotite which sometimes contains diamonds

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Kimberlite

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n.
A variety of peridotite forming pipes in which diamonds and garnets are often found.

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