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Pyroxenite vs Norite - What's the difference?

pyroxenite | norite |

As nouns the difference between pyroxenite and norite

is that pyroxenite is (geology) a heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende while norite is (mineralogy) a granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (such as labradorite) and hypersthene.

pyroxenite

English

Noun

(wikipedia pyroxenite) (-)
  • (geology) A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.

    • norite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (such as labradorite) and hypersthene.
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