wehrlite

Definitions

1. A type of peridotite that is a mixture of olivine and clinopyroxene.
   countable, uncountable
2. A naturally-occurring alloy of bismuth and tellurium, primarily Bi₂Te₃.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Even within a single massif the igneous suite may be highly variable and range in character from quartz-normative tholeiitic to under-saturated alkaline. Rock types include⟳ wehrlite, olivine pyroxenite and hornblendite; teschenite, eucrite, and olivine, hypersthene, and hornblende gabbros; diorite, trondhjemite, alkaline syenite, and granophyre; augite, hypersthene, and oligoclase basalts and dolerites; variolite and camptonite.”

“While tetradymite has been recorded in shallow settings (e.g., Boulder County belt), this mineral along with other bismuth tellurides like⟳ wehrlite, tellurbismuth, and so forth (see⟳ Thompson, 1949) seem to be most common in mesothermal and even more intense settings.”

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