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Ophiolite 
last edited:  12/12/07    number of photos: 2
Ophiolite is a basalt or gabbro that has been altered to a rock
that now contains chlorite, serpentine, epidote, and albite. 
Sometimes the material is referred to as a "greenstone."

 

photos
ophiolite, variety greenstone:  A  B


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Just credit photos to R.Weller/Cochise College.
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