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Pyroxenite Definition



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Definition
Pyroxenite is a dark, greenish, granular intrusive igneous rock consisting mainly of pyroxenes and olivine 0

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Etymology
From pyro- fire + Greek xenos stranger as the mineral group was new to igneous rocks 0

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Igneous Rocks 0

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Durable Rock, Hard Rock 0

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Plutonic 0

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Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock 0

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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.

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