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The chain silicate structure of the pyroxenes offers much flexibility in the incorporation of various cations and the names of the pyroxene minerals are primarily defined by their chemical composition. Pyroxene minerals are named according to the chemical species occupying the X (or M2) site, the Y (or M1) site, and the tetrahedral T site.
Omphacite is a member of the clinopyroxene group of silicate minerals with formula: (Ca, Na)(Mg, Fe 2+, Al)Si 2 O 6.It is a variably deep to pale green or nearly colorless variety of clinopyroxene.
Eclogite (/ ˈ ɛ k l ə dʒ aɪ t /) is a metamorphic rock containing garnet (almandine-pyrope) hosted in a matrix of sodium-rich pyroxene . Accessory minerals include kyanite, rutile, quartz, lawsonite, coesite, amphibole, phengite, paragonite, zoisite, dolomite, corundum and, rarely, diamond. The chemistry of primary and accessory minerals ...
The triangle, viewed face-on, appears equilateral. In (4), the distances of P from lines BC , AC and AB are denoted by a ′ , b ′ and c ′ , respectively. For any line l = s + t n̂ in vector form ( n̂ is a unit vector) and a point p , the perpendicular distance from p to l is
The pyroxene pallasite grouplet is a subdivision of the pallasite meteorites (stony-irons). [1] The grouplet is named "pyroxene pallasites" because they are the only pallasites that contain pyroxene. The grouplet was proposed in 1995. [2] It currently has only two members: the Vermillion and Yamato 8451 meteorite.
A common type of granulite found in high-grade metamorphic rocks of the continents contains pyroxene, plagioclase feldspar and accessory garnet, oxides and possibly amphiboles. Both clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene may be present, and in fact, the coexistence of clino- and orthopyroxene in a metabasite (metamorphed basalt) defines the granulite ...
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Peridotite (US: / ˈ p ɛ r ɪ d oʊ ˌ t aɪ t, p ə ˈ r ɪ d ə-/ PERR-ih-doh-tyte, pə-RID-ə-) is a dense, coarse-grained igneous rock consisting mostly of the silicate minerals olivine and pyroxene.