Websterite
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For the hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral "websterite", see aluminite.
File:Peridotite Olivine-Orthopyroxene-Clinopyroxene Websterite highlighted.svg
Websterite highlighted in a ternary diagram.
Websterite is ultramafic igneous rock rock that consists of roughly equal proportions of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene. It is a type of pyroxenite.
Websterite is named after the town Webster in North Carolina.[1]
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