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A micrograph of an enstatite crystal taken from an ultramatic rock. The thin lamellae of a calcium-rich species, probably pigeonite, have separated from the bronzite; the gray coloration of the host rock betrays its very low calcium content (magnified about 40×).

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Enstatite.

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A micrograph of an enstatite crystal taken from an ultramatic rock. The thin lamellae of a calcium-rich species, probably pigeonite, have separated from the bronzite; the gray coloration of the host rock betrays its very low calcium content (magnified about 40×).

A micrograph of an enstatite crystal taken from an ultramatic rock. The thin lamellae...

Courtesy of G. Malcolm Brown

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