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Mount Sidley, Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Lower crustal pyroxenite xenoliths in a phonolite.The xenoliths have suffered localized breakdown reactions during their residence in a shallow magmatic chamber below the volcano.
Ref:
*R.H. Grapes Et Al., Min. Mag. 08/2003, Vol.67 No.4:639-651.
*Geologic Map of Antarctica, 1:5,000,000 scale
Mineral List
| 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | Forsterite 'Glass' | Kaersutite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite | Rhönite |
7 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.
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