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The mantle is the intermediate zone of the
Earth between the crust and the core,
accounting for 82% of the Earth's volume. It
is thought to consist of silicate minerals
such as olivine. The mantle is separated from
the crust by the Mohorovicic discontinuity,
and from the core by the Gutenberg
discontinuity.
Subject by: George Sweeney