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pyroxenite

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pyroxenite

Dark medium- to coarse-grained igneous rock that consists chiefly of pyroxene. Accessory minerals include hornblende, biotite, or olivine. Pyroxenites are not abundant.



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6% Ni, is hosted by a small, late-kinematic pluton of pyroxenite that crosscuts diatexites of sedimentary origin.
Government geoscience stimulates mineral exploration in the superior ... by Simard, Martin / Geoscience Canada
Tatsumi (2000) showed that EM1 Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions are consistent with melting Archean pyroxenite from the subcontinental lithosphere, and the [sup.
Igneous rock associations 5. oceanic island volcanism II: mantle ... by Mallory-Greenough, Leanne M. / Geoscience Canada
MR FPP indicates Feldspathic Pegmatoidal Pyroxenite on the Merensky Reef and MR CR indicates Merensky Reef Contact Reef.
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