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PYROXENOLITE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An ultramafic plutonic rock chiefly composed of pyroxene with accessory hornblende, biotite or olivine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche à gros grains, souvent grossièrement orientée et constituée essentiellement de pyroxènes.

OBS

C'est fréquemment une métapéridotite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
OBS

Variedad de peridotita de granos gruesos, perceptibles a simple vista.

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