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clinopyroxene

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clinopyroxene [ˌklaɪnəʊpaɪˈrɒksiːn]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having a monoclinic crystal structure, such as augite, diopside, or jadeite
clinopyroxene  (kln-pîr-k-sn)
Any variety of the mineral pyroxene that crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Diopside and augite are clinopyroxenes.
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The primary mineralogy of komatiites is simple: phenocrysts of olivine and spinel/chromite (+/pyroxene) are enclosed in a groundmass composed of glass, calcic clinopyroxene and minor orthopyroxene.
Igneous rock associations 10. Komatiites by Dostal, Jaroslav / Geoscience Canada
The anomalous values are underlain by clinopyroxene dominated rocks.
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50-54]), a few per cent clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene ([Fs.
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