Type I - FeO poor (Reduced) |
Type II - FeO rich (Oxidized) |
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PO - Porphyritic Olivine |
Small olivine phenocrysts |
Large euhedral to subhedral olivine phenocrysts |
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Porphyritic |
PP - Porphyritic Pyroxene |
Smaller pyroxine grains than Type II. Often with poikilitic olivine inclusions |
Large, often densely packed grains of pyroxene |
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POP - Porphyritic Olivine-Pyroxine |
Small olivine and large pyroxene grains which usually poikilitically enclose olivine |
Usually large olivine crystals or laths and pyroxene phenocrysts of similar or smaller size |
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RP - Radial Pyroxene |
Thin fibers or laths having grown from one or more points on the shell |
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Non-Porphyritic |
BO - Barred Olivine |
Shell containing sub-parallel bars |
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C - Cryptocrystalline |
Microcrystalline intergrowths in multiple orientations |
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GO, GOP - Granular Olivine (Pyroxene) |
Very small grains, sometimes surrounded by a shell of coarser grains and containing blebs of metal and sulfides |
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