The protolith of Bixiling garnet peridotite-eclogite massif in Dabie Mountains, China is a mafic-ultramafic intrusive body, which was formed in an island-arc environment and subjected to crystallizationfractionation.

• 碧溪岭橄榄岩一榴辉岩体的原岩为形成于岛弧环境并经受结晶分离作用的镁铁－镁铁质侵入体。