Olivine can be the most cost-effective raw material for the production of magnesium metal.In the refractory industry it can be useful as block olivine for furnace linings, ladle linings, patching compounds, crushed olivine mixed with a binder for refractory brick manufacture, etc. Olivine is used as a slag conditioner and a refractory in the steel industry.Now you must be wondering what is olivine used for? There are many uses of olivine but the most important ones are as follows. Olivine uses have proved it to be one of the most important minerals which is also found in abundance. Poor, imperfect but more distinct in fayalite Mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks and in some metamorphic rocks Yellowish green, olive green, dark green etc. To know about the characteristic properties of olivine just go through the table given below. Sometimes the content of olivine in a meteorite is about 50 percent. Olivine is not only found on the earth but it is also commonly found on the moon and other meteorites. The purest form of olivine mineral is dunites and the peridotites hence these names frequently come under the uses of olivine. Forsterite(Fo) is a magnesium olivine and is known as magnesium silicate (Mg 2SiO 4) and fayalite (Fa) is an iron olivine and is known as iron silicate (Fe 2SiO 4).
#Olivine meteorite series#
Magnesium and iron ratio varies between the two end members of the series forsterite and fayalite. Before coming to the earth surface they are in a molten form but once they come out they form crystalline structure. Peridot is also considered as august birthstone. Apart from this it has many other names also like Chrysolite(in Greek), Evening emerald and Peridot. Olivine is a French word and is given due to its olive color. It is light green to olive green in color with a molecular formula of (Mg,Fe) 2SiO 4 and therefore is a magnesium iron silicate. Olivine falls under the mafic and ultra mafic category of igneous rocks.
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