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

• Silicate mineralBroader topic: Olivine shows how isolated tetrahedra combine with metal cations.

• SerpentinizationBroader topic: Water reacts with olivine to form serpentine and iron-bearing products.

• Orthorhombic crystal systemBroader topic: Olivine is a familiar mineral example with orthorhombic symmetry.

• Earth's mantleBroader topic: Its transformations under pressure mark key changes within the upper mantle.

• Seismic anisotropyBroader topic: Its crystal structure deforms and aligns during mantle flow, creating much mantle anisotropy.

• Isomorphous substitutionBroader topic: Magnesium and iron substitute extensively on the same sites across the olivine series.

• Silicate weatheringBroader topic: Its rapid dissolution makes it a prominent example in natural and engineered weathering.

• Carbon mineralizationBroader topic: Olivine can release magnesium during dissolution, enabling magnesium carbonate formation.

• Silicon–oxygen tetrahedronBroader topic: The extreme case: tetrahedra share no corners with each other at all.

• Mantle viscosityBroader topic: Laboratory measurements of olivine creep help constrain upper-mantle viscosity.

• Lost City Hydrothermal FieldBroader topic: Its reaction with seawater helps generate hydrogen and alkaline fluids at Lost City.