Pyroxene vs Olivine - What's the difference?
pyroxene | olivine |
(mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 10:
(mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
As nouns the difference between pyroxene and olivine
is that pyroxene is any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium while olivine is any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.pyroxene
English
(wikipedia pyroxene)Noun
(en noun)- By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.
olivine
English
Noun
(en noun)- The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.