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Pyroxenite is an
ultramafic igneous rock
consisting essentially of
minerals of the
pyroxene group, such as augite, diopside, hypersthene,
bronzite or enstatite...
- phlogopite. The UG2
chromitites are
underlain by
pyroxenite footwall that is
distinct from
hanging wall
pyroxenite.
Chromite subhedral to
subrounded (less than...
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layered intrusions, ****ociated with ****ulate
layers of wehrlite,
olivine pyroxenite, harzburgite, and even
chromitite (a ****ulate rock
consisting largely...
- rock in
which the
fraction of
pyroxenes exceeds 60% are
classified as
pyroxenites rather than peridotites.
Pyroxenes are
typically dark in color. Hornblende...
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contains harzburgite and dunite, as well as
layers of
spinel pyroxenite,
garnet pyroxenite, and hornblendite. The
layers represent partial melts extracted...
- in a fine
matrix Pumice –
Light colored highly vesicular volcanic rock
Pyroxenite –
Igneous rock - a co****
grained plutonic rock
composed of >90% pyroxene...
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granulite facies conditions.
Uralite is a
particular hydrothermally altered pyroxenite;
during autogenic hydrothermal circulation the
primary mineralogy of pyroxene...
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equal proportions of
orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene. It is a type of
pyroxenite.
Websterite is
named after the town
Webster in
North Carolina. Rogers...
- A
sample of
pyroxenite (meteorite ALH84001 from Mars), a rock
consisting mostly of
pyroxene minerals...
- Rao, B; Parthasarathy, R; Kumar, Anil; Gopalan, K (1994). "2.0 Ga old
pyroxenite-carbonatite
complex of Hogenakal,
Tamil Nadu,
South India". Precambrian...
