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Kōrero: Rock and mineral names

Dunite

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Dunite

This fresh, 7-centimetre specimen of dunite was collected on Dun Mountain. The rock is composed almost entirely of interlocking grains of yellowish-green olivine, with tiny black grains of chromite.

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GNS Science

Reference: GNS_RC_Dn_09

by Richard Cook

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Simon Nathan, Rock and mineral names – Rocks named in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9075/dunite (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.