pyroxenite

As nouns the difference between peridotite and pyroxenite

is that peridotite is a rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle while pyroxenite is a heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.

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.

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.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and pyroxenite

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while pyroxenite is (geology) a heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.