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Scoria vs Pyroxenite - What's the difference?

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In geology|lang=en terms the difference between scoria and pyroxenite

is that scoria is (geology) rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater while pyroxenite is (geology) a heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.

As nouns the difference between scoria and pyroxenite

is that scoria is the slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore while pyroxenite is (geology) a heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.

scoria

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
  • (geology) Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 10:
    • An excellent guidebook by Drs Kilburn and McGuire of University College London reveals that these unpromising pieces of debris are scoria and lithic fragments of the March 1944 eruption.

    Derived terms

    * scoriaceous * scoriated * scoriation * scorification * scorified * scorifier * scoriform * scorify * scoriac

    References

    * Encarta Dictionary ----

    pyroxenite

    English

    Noun

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