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Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A group of pyroxenites chiefly composed of clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and spinel, with pyrope and/or hornblende as possible accessories and locking primary feldspar; a spinel pyroxenite.

OBS

The term is more commonly used by European (especially French) petrologists.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Variété de pyroxénite qui, par sa minéralogie, peut se rapprocher des éclogites, et est formée de diopside, d'enstatite, de grenat riche en pyrope et spinelle.

Spanish

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