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Muttrah’s ophiolite rocks: A source of wonder for geologists 35654657 SHARE Until he visited Muttrah sea road did Sidhin, a Swiss traveller and a passionate geologist, know that the vast rocky mountains fervently looking at the Gulf of Oman have garnered global attention for its rare deposits of ophiolite which have been earmarked by the Ministry of Tourism for its natural history. Geologists define an ophiolite as a section of the earth’s oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted and exposed above sea level and often emplaced onto continental crustal rocks. It contains minerals like chrome and copper, ores, which have been mined in Oman for thousands of years. A Magma is generally a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the earth, and is usually seen to be present on other terrestrial planets and some natural satellites.

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