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Websterite

Ultramafic and ultrabasic rock From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Websterite

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Websterite is ultramafic igneous rock, a type of pyroxenite that has less than 5% olivine and roughly equal proportions of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene.

Thumb — Websterite highlighted in a ternary diagram

Thumb — Cumulate layers of websterite in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica

Websterite is named after the town Webster in North Carolina.^[1]

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