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pyroxenite

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py·rox·e·nite  (p-rks-nt)
n.
An igneous rock consisting chiefly of pyroxenes.
py·roxe·nitic (-ntk) adj.
pyroxenite [paɪˈrɒksɪˌnaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a very dark coarse-grained ultrabasic rock consisting entirely of pyroxene minerals
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Graham (1917) and Poitevin and Graham (1918) proposed that the rocks of the Serpentinite Zone were comagmatic, and described several gradual contacts between pyroxenite and gabbro at the Mill Hill section in the Asbestos igneous complex.
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6% Ni, is hosted by a small, late-kinematic pluton of pyroxenite that crosscuts diatexites of sedimentary origin.
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