Sentences with phrase «pyroxene crystals»

Although the heat of the upper mantle might help the olivine or pyroxene crystals within the rocks grow larger again, or «heal,» the two rock types are competing for space: Each is actually inhibited in its growth by the other's presence.

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Dark, angular crystals of pyroxene floated alongside white, chunky feldspars.
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