Experiments indicate that chlorite can be stable in peridotite of the Earth 's mantle above the ocean lithosphere carried down by subduction .
Chlorite may even be present in the mantle volume from which island arc magmas are generated .
Experiments indicate that chlorite can be stable in peridotite of the Earth 's mantle above the ocean lithosphere carried down by subduction , and chlorite may even be present in the mantle volume from which island arc magmas are generated .