📚 noun • entry_id 48672
orthopyroxene
/ˌɔːθə(ʊ)paɪˈɹɒksiːn/
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ortopiroxeno
Any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals.
Biotite from lava flows is invariably rimmed or totally replaced by an exceedingly fine-grained, almost isotropic intergrowth of K-feldspar, orthopyroxene, cordierite and ilmenite,…
The meteorite contains abundant, distinct to poorly defined chondrules (about 40 volume %). They are enclosed in a recrystallised, heavily iron-stained, but coherent matrix of irre…
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