Parent Rock
Serpentine-rich rock or serpentinite has a mottled, greenish-gray color with a waxy feel to it. These rocks form by the reaction of olivine-rich rock, peridotite, with water.
It forms in oceanic crust near the surface of the earth, particularly where water circulates in cooling rock near mid-ocean ridges: masses of the resulting ultramafic rock are found in ophiolites incorporated in continental crust near present and past plate tectonic boundaries.
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