pyroxenite in a sentence

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1. Enstatite, close to En 90 Fs 10 in composition, is an essential mineral in typical peridotite and pyroxenite of the Earth's mantle.
2. "' Baltimore Gabbro Complex "'is a hypersthene gabbro with subordinate amounts of olivine gabbro, norite, anorthositic gabbro, and pyroxenite.
3. "' Pyroxenite Promontory "'is a promontory rising to about 1, 150 m near the west end of Dufek Massif in the Pensacola Mountains.
4. Although some mantle pyroxenites contain garnet, they are not eclogites, as clinopyroxene in them is less sodic than omphacite and the pyroxenite compositions typically are unlike that of basalt.
5. It was first described in 1965 in the Afrikanda pyroxenite massif, a formation on Russia's Kola Peninsula and was named for Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin ( 1885 1949 ), a prominent Russian geologist.
6. "Ceanothus ophiochilus " is a plant of the chaparral plant community, and in its small native range which currently is only a few acres, it grows in pyroxenite soil atop an ancient volcano.
7. At high mantle temperatures, solid-state diffusion can also be effective in changing rock compositions over tens of centimeters adjacent to melt conduits : gradients in mineral composition adjacent to pyroxenite dikes may preserve evidence of the process.
8. The name was proposed by Arthur B . Ford, leader of the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) geological party in the Pensacola Mountains, 1978 79, from the pyroxenite rock which forms a conspicuous dark layer along the cliffs of the promontory.
9. The complex is located in the Canadian Shield some 85 kilometers northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario and Lake Superior at 49.10.00 N 089.36.00 W . The complex includes gabbro, pyroxenite, Sm-Nd dating on pyroxenite.
10. The complex is located in the Canadian Shield some 85 kilometers northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario and Lake Superior at 49.10.00 N 089.36.00 W . The complex includes gabbro, pyroxenite, Sm-Nd dating on pyroxenite.