Words to Describe pyroxene
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Things pyroxene often describes ("pyroxene ________")
- nodules
- series
- zone
- skarns
- amphibole
- diorites
- amphibolites
- temperatures
- cumulate
- granite
- andesite
- garnet
- assemblages
- gneisses
- boundary
- composition
- basalts
- ratio
- granulites
- diorite
- andesites
- syenite
- xenoliths
- hornfels
- thermometers
- schists
- magnetite
- group
- gabbros
- minette
- rock
- assemblage
- gneiss
- skarn
- lavas
- rocks
- rhyolite
- thermometer
- grains
- schist
- plagioclase
- granulite
- gabbro
- basalt
- albitites
- association
- bearing
- pairs
- field
- thermometry
- dacite
- intergrowths
- geothermometer
How pyroxene often is described ("________ pyroxene")
- sodic
- light
- igneous
- rare
- lunar
- original
- grained
- residual
- making
- granular
- magnesium
- colored
- subhedral
- white
- omphacite
- euhedral
- predominant
- interstitial
- commonest
- characteristic
- aluminous
- modal
- abundant
- orthorhombic
- common
- primary
- iron
- fresh
- colorless
- uralitized
- ophitic
- massive
- minor
- anhedral
- little
- black
- ortho
- hornblende
- pale
- groundmass
- augitic
- phenocrystic
- porphyritic
- poikilitic
- bearing
- rhombic
- brown
- green
- peripheral
- greenish
- calcium
- garnet
- porphyry
- unaltered
- two
- sodium
- fine
- accessory
- monoclinic
- existing
- subordinate
- dominant
- typical
- pure
- rich
- magnesian
- poor
- prismatic
- diopsidic
- coarse
- normative
- relict
- dark
- olivine
- crystalline
- pleochroic
