最早的用法科马提岩一名是由Viljoen兄弟(1969)提出的,当时他们宣布在南非巴伯顿山区发现了超镁铁质熔岩,作为以前未知火山岩类型存在的证据,他们描述了野外的观察结果,如冷凝流顶,似枕状构造,鬣刺结构及超镁铁质岩层与伴生的镁铁质熔岩对比时的系统地层情况。 The earliest use of Komati rock was proposed by the brothers Viljoen (1969) when they announced the discovery of ultramafic lava in the Barberton Mountains of South Africa as evidence of the existence of a previously unknown volcanic rock that describes the wild Observations such as systematic topography at the top of condensation, pillow-like structures, mammoth structures, and ultramafic strata versus associated mafic lava.