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What is an orthopyroxene?

What is an orthopyroxene? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (mineralogy) Any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals.
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The biotite melts incongruently at the highest grades with the production of orthopyroxene and ilmenite.
Other common minor constituents of eclogite include kyanite, orthopyroxene, rutile, amphibole, pyrite, and white mica.
The more pelitic samples contain euhedral orthopyroxene residual biotite, and dendritic ilmenite grains.
The pegmatite is composed of microcline, plagioclase and quartz with minor amounts of clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, ilmenite and zircon.
The serpentinized harzburgite has a gneissic fabric shown by the orientation of the bastite pseudomorphs after orthopyroxene, typical of sub-ophiolitic upper mantle.
Serpentine is a secondary mineral, a magnesian silicate, formed from minerals such as olivine and orthopyroxene.

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