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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