Magnesite vein transecting an igneous rock. Magnesite is a magnesium carbonate mineral that occurs most often as veins or as an alteration product in igneous rocks, most notably in ultramafic rocks and serpentinite. Photographed in Wadi Abiyad, Oman.

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