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Garnet peridotite xenoliths in South African kimberlite pipes and their petrogenesis

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Whole rock analyses are presented for nine garnet peridotite, two garnet pyroxenite, one garnet free peridotite and two highly altered garnet peridotite xenoliths from South African kimberlite pipes. Garnets from eight of these samples have also been chemically analysed, while olivine compositions in the twelve fresh samples have been estimated by X-ray diffraction. The chemistry and mineralogy of these specimens are compared with the results of previous studies, and the controversies concerning the petrogenesis of these xenoliths are discussed in detail.

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Carswell, D.A., Dawson, J.B. Garnet peridotite xenoliths in South African kimberlite pipes and their petrogenesis. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 25, 163–184 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00371129

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