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The 29 pages that link to Olivine, each with the reason it gives.

• BasaltRelated: Olivine occurs in many basalts, especially magnesium-rich varieties.

• Bowen's reaction seriesRelated: Its reaction rim of pyroxene records incomplete cooling and shows the series operating in real rocks.

• PeridotiteRelated: It is usually peridotite's most abundant mineral and records its magnesium-iron composition.

• KomatiiteRelated: Its elongated crystals commonly create komatiite’s characteristic spinifex texture.

• Mantle xenolithRelated: Its composition in xenoliths helps estimate the conditions and chemistry of the mantle.

• KimberliteRelated: Olivine is commonly abundant in kimberlite, often as mantle-derived grains.

• Mantle transition zoneRelated: Its high-pressure transformations define the zone’s principal discontinuities.

• Ultramafic rockRelated: Its abundance gives many ultramafic rocks their high magnesium and iron content.

• Deep-focus earthquakeRelated: Its pressure-driven transformations are central to proposed deep-earthquake mechanisms.

• SerpentiniteRelated: Hydration of olivine is a central reaction during serpentinization.

• Upper mantleRelated: Its deformation strongly influences the strength and flow of upper-mantle rock.

• Rheology of the mantleRelated: Deformation experiments on olivine provide most laboratory flow-law data for the mantle.

• Serpentine subgroupRelated: Hydration of olivine can contribute to serpentine formation.