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Pyroxenite
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Definition

Pyroxenite is a dark, greenish, granular intrusive igneous rock consisting mainly of pyroxenes and olivine

History

Origin

-

Discoverer

Unknown

Etymology

From pyro- fire + Greek xenos stranger as the mineral group was new to igneous rocks

Class

Igneous Rocks

Sub-Class

Durable Rock, Hard Rock

Family

Group

Plutonic

Other Categories

Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock

Define Pyroxenite

Pyroxenite is one of the important type of rocks. If we have to define Pyroxenite in general, Pyroxenite is a dark, greenish, granular intrusive igneous rock consisting mainly of pyroxenes and olivine. Pyroxenite comes under Igneous Rocks. All Igneous Rocks have similar properties and formation process. Along with Pyroxenite Definition, know more about the History of Pyroxenite, Etymology of Pyroxenite in next sections.