different between peridotite vs dunite

English

Etymology

From peridot +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???d?ta?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p????d.??ta?t/

Noun

peridotite (countable and uncountable, plural peridotites)

1. (geology) A rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 60:

     Varieties of peridotite are distinguished by their mineral composition; for example, dunite is a peridotite which is virtually all olivine, and a dense, dark green in colour.

Translations

English

Etymology

Named after Dun Mountain near Nelson, New Zealand, +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du?na?t/, /?d?na?t/

Noun

dunite (countable and uncountable, plural dunites)

1. A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture.

Translations

Anagrams

• United, unedit, united, untied

Italian

Etymology

Named after the Dun Mountain near the city of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island.
Derived from Dun +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?ni.te/
• Hyphenation: du?nì?te

Noun

dunite f (plural duniti)

1. (petrology) dunite

Further reading

• dunite on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

References

• dunite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• dunite in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti