A (mainly green) rock that contains a lot of olivine and pyroxene (a peridotite, like the one in the picture above) forms in which part of the Earth ?

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A classical example for the continental crust! No kidding!

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A green rock ? Clearly that formed on the ocean floor!

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That is a conglomerate! I wont be fooled by the mossy bits here.

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This is a rock from the Earth's mantle, no question about that!

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A space rock - an iron-rich meteorite to be specific!

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