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TSX.V: AWS VANCOUVER, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Robert L. Card, President, Arrowstar Resources Ltd., ("Arrowstar" or the "Company") (TSXV: AWS), is pleased to report on the Company's recent site visit to Port Snettisham, 60 kilometres from Juneau, Alaska. Arrowstar's Vice President Exploration, Phillip Thomas, and two assistants visited the property by seaplane and noted a significant amount of ultra mafic rock outcrop along the foreshore for the length of the property. ...
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Peridotite is a dense, coarse grained ultrabasic rock, consisting mainly of the minerals olivine and pyroxene. Peridotite is also a group of mantle derived igneous rocks. They all are ultramafic or ultrabasic meaning they contain less than 45% silica and are high in iron and magnesium. Members of the peridotite family include: Dunite - predominately composed of olivine, with minor enstatite pyroxene and chromite. Harzburgite - composed of olivine, enstatite, and minor chromite....
