pyrotechnics
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Measurements from orbit show the material is loaded with pyroxenes, minerals common in volcanic lava.
From Scientific American • Mar. 22, 2023
Two other similar arrangements of tetrahedra are close in structure to the neosilicates and grade toward the next group of minerals, the pyroxenes.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Others are amphiboles, pyroxenes, zeolites, garnets and many others you may never find or hear about unless you become a true mineralogist.
From Let's Collect Rocks and Shells by Shell Union Oil Corporation
Serpentine, which may be fibrous or scaly, is a secondary product of olivine and certain pyroxenes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
They contain a small amount of quartz, and often micropegmatite, as the last element to consolidate, filling up little angular interspaces between the felspars and pyroxenes, which had previously crystallized.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
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