Orthopyroxene

//ˌɔːθə(ʊ)paɪˈɹɒksiːn//

Synonyms for "orthopyroxene"

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Catalan

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  • ortopiroxè noun (a pyroxene with orthorhombic crystals)

Finnish

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  • ortopyrokseeni noun (a pyroxene with orthorhombic crystals)

French

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  • orthopyroxène noun (a pyroxene with orthorhombic crystals)

German

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  • Orthopyroxen noun (a pyroxene with orthorhombic crystals)

Italian

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  • ortopirosseno noun (a pyroxene with orthorhombic crystals)

Spanish

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  • ortopiroxeno noun (a pyroxene with orthorhombic crystals)

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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, probably as a result of dehydration of the magma on eruption. Cordierite and orthopyroxene (5% each) occur as euhedral phenocrysts 1 to 2 mm in diameter, but cordierite can be up to 5 mm across and occur as anhedral ovoids.

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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 irregular fragments of olivine and orthopyroxene, together with fragmented chrondrules and small grains and interstitial areas of oligoclase.

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However, the relatively low Al₂O₃ content of the co-existing orthopyroxenes (2.2 wt%) is not consistent with an upper mantle origin (Binns et al. 1970) and therefore probably crystallised at crustal pressures.

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