Clinopyroxenite

Clinopyroxenite is over 90% clinopyroxene. These rocks form as segregates during differentiation of mafic magma, and they are present in some ophiolites.

The picture above shows andhedral clinopyroxene grains, some with exsolution lamellae of orthopyroxene, and sutured grain boundaries.

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