Mantle Xenolith

Mantle xenoliths are clasts of upper mantle rocks entrained within rapidly rising alkali basalt magmas, parent materials of alkali basalt, kimberlite and lamprophyre.

The majority of mantle xenoliths are ultrabasic rocks in composition, consisting of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and spinel, providing precious information on physicochemical properties of upper mantle.

Mantle xenoliths provide direct evidence about components and evolution of Earth interior and evolution of magma.

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Mantle xenolith
Seoguipo, Jeju Island, Korea

Rock name of this xenolith is spinel peridotite. It is composed of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and spinel.

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Mantle xenolithBaengnyeong, Korea

Mantle xenolith designated as Korean Natural Monument No. 392.

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