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countable and uncountable, plural olivines
(mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system. quotations
The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51