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. |