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What does pyrolite mean?

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Noun
  1. A theoretical rock considered to be the best approximation of the composition of Earth's upper mantle, generally considered to be one part tholeiitic basalt and three parts dunite.
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The mineralogy of pyrolite is 57 per cent forsteritic olivine, 17 per cent enstatitic pyroxene, 12 per cent diopsidic pyroxene, and 14 per cent pyropic garnet.

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