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majorite [′mā·jə‚rīt]

(mineralogy)

Mg₃(Fe,Al,Si)₂(SiO₄)₃A garnet mineral that forms in the deep upper mantle in response to the gradual dissolution of pyroxene due to increasing pressure, first identified as an inclusion in diamond.

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