Peridotite and clinopyroxenite mantle xenoliths
Moanalua vent, Honolulu Volcanics, Koʻolau, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

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Peridotite (dunite) mantle xenolith and clinopyroxene xenocrysts hosted in melilite nephelinite tuff.
Moanalua vent, Honolulu Volcanics, Koʻolau, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

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a person is holding a blue ball in a glass container Alt: a hand placing blue geodes into a polyhedral frame (chamfered cube)

#Perfect #xenocryst -
radient blue, in dull grey stone.
How did it get here?

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