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pyrope

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pyrope [′pī‚rōp]
(mineralogy)
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3A mineral species of the garnet group characterized by a deep fiery-red color and occurring in basic and ultrabasic igneous rocks.


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About the same time Brian Mason, then curator of the National Collection of Meteorites, considered re-analysis of hornblende and pyrope from Kakanui, New Zealand.
This project is known as the Stella Polaris Project and it has been disclosed that there is the presence of a large pyrope dominated kimberlite indicator dispersion plume in the Wyoming craton in southern Saskatchewan.
The results reported here include numerous G10 pyrope garnets with diamond inclusion chemistry.
 
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