Abstract: The ultramafic nodules widely distributed in Cainozoic basalt in eastern China are regarded as fragments of upper mantle that were brought up to the ground surface by basaltic magma. It is suggested that the study of this kind of nodules would offer some direct information about upper mantle. The textures of some spinel lherzolite nodules collected from some regions in eastern China were discussed in this paper. Three main types of texture can be distinguished, such as coarse granular, porpbyroclastic and granuloblastic. Their fabrics were also analysed. And the preferred orientation of minerals indicates that the coarse granular type is lacking in orientation, whereas the porphyroclastic type has distinct orientation, and the lalter’s fabric feature is followed by the granuloblastic type with some variation. Thus, the coarse granular-porphyroclastic-granulobla-stic transitional sequence has been established. Moreover, the textures and fabrics of Alpine type of peridotite from a suite of ophiolite formed by emplacement are comparable with these kinds of nodules, it enables us thus to further infer their mantle origin.