A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pyroxenite (harzburgite), Stillwater Complex, Montana |
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| Description | This harzburgite from the Stillwater Complex, Near Nye, Montana, is mostly composed of orthopyroxene (bronzite), with subordinate amounts of olivine and calcic plagioclase, and very minor clinopyroxene and chromite. The specimen is 9 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Precambrian |
| Location | USA ▹ Montana. Near Nye. Stillwater complex. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-03-22. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #40. |
| Key words | pyroxenite, harzburgite, Montana |
| Tech details | 1.08 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 235 |
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