A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pyroxenite, Rustenburg District, Transvaal, South Africa |
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| Description | Pyroxenites are ultramafic plutonic rocks dominated by pyroxene. Other minerals present may include hornblende, biotite or olivine. This sample contains highly altered coarse brown pyroxene (now mostly chlorite) and lesser amounts of lighter colored plagioclase. It is about 8 cm across. |
| Location | South Africa ▹ Transvaal |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-05-16. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #135. |
| Key words | ultramafic, pyroxenite |
| Tech details | 1011 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 464 |
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