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pyroxene (noun): Pyroxene is a group of rock-forming inosilicate minerals commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. It consists of silicate minerals with distinct cleavage and monoclinic crystal structure
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- Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
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It is a member of pyroxene group and clinopyroxene subgroup.
The volcanoes consist mostly of pyroxene andesite.
Pyroxene crystals form at depths of five to ten kilometres.
The tholeiite contains plagioclase and pyroxene.
Enstatite is a member of the pyroxene group of minerals.
Pyroxene minerals are also widespread across the surface.
Augite is a solid solution in the pyroxene group.
Small amounts of pyroxene appear to be present.
A common mineral in this group is pyroxene.
Olivine and pyroxene make up most of the silicate minerals.
Most of the rhyolites are characterized by large amounts of pyroxene.
Jadeite is a pyroxene mineral and one of the two types of pure jade.
They contain hornblende and pyroxene.
The team found the mineral pyroxene in two out of five samples.
Garnet developed in calcareous rocks as well as amphibole and pyroxene.
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Chloritization is the alteration of pyroxene or amphibole minerals into the chlorite group minerals.
These grains are actually large crystals of pyroxene and amphibole.
Pyroxene minerals are common in in meteorites and the extrusive igneous rock called basalt.
They are extrusive and are chiefly composed of plagioclase and pyroxene.
Chrome diopside belongs to the large group of pyroxene minerals and is relatively rare.
It is composed principally of grayish plagioclase feldspar and black pyroxene.
Some pyroxene amphibolites and the metagabbros show evidence of weak magnetic activity during sedimentation.
According to geological data in the studied rocks pyroxene is not identified.
Olivine and pyroxene were detected on Ida by Galileo.
It is almost completely made from a rare form of pyroxene called fassaite.
Biotite, hornblende, pyroxene and scarce olivine or quartz are common accessory minerals.
The andesite rock contains some visible crystals of pyroxene or amphibole.
The pyroxene is morphic, yellow or green, and is surrounded by formless areas of nepheline.
They have their origins in metamorphic alterations of peridotite and pyroxene.
Their pyroxene is principally aegirine or aegirine-augite ; some of them are rich in melanite.
Jadeite is a sodium aluminium silicate material from the pyroxene group.
It contains plagioclase, olivine, pyroxene and ilmenite as some of its major minerals.
They have their origins inmetamorphic alterations of peridotite and pyroxene.
However, the removal of pyroxene did not produce a significant change in residual liquid composition.
Their eruption products are basalt and trachybasalt containing olivine and pyroxene.
For this reason, they are mainly made of granite, pyroxene syenite or syenitic granite.
The mineralogy of basalt is characterized by a preponderance of calcic plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene.
He possesses the oval-shaped red pyroxene stone, which was given to him by his father.
Our application concerns skarns type rocks composed of garnet or pyroxene minerals.
Diopside is a monoclinic pyroxene mineral with composition MgCaSi2O6.
The diopside is one of the most abundant members of the pyroxene group.
The spectrum shows distinct olivine and pyroxene features at 1 and 2 micrometres, with a possibility of plagioclase.
Monomict ureilites are coarse grained with olivine usually more abundant than pyroxene.
This time, the minerals contain olivine and pyroxene with a low content of calcium.
With prograde metamorphism cummingtonite and grunerite morph to members of the olivine and pyroxene series.
I am picking up traces of ilmenite, pyroxene and even Dark Matter.
The upper mantle of Earth is composed mainly of olivine and pyroxene.
What part of olivine, pyroxene, and amphibole do not you understand? Pyroxene.
Minerals identified include biotite, hornblende and pyroxene.
In 1660 the eruption of Vesuvius rained twinned pyroxene crystals and ash upon the nearby villages.
