Sentences with phrase «which pyroxene»
Outside of that is a ring in which pyroxene mixes with the standard crustal rocks of the lunar highlands.
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Earth's upper mantle, which makes up much of the lithosphere, is a relatively simple mix, consisting primarily of two rock types, olivine and pyroxene.
The scientists infer that late in the magma - ocean crystallization, iron - rich pyroxene and ilmenite, which formed late and at the crust - mantle boundary, might have begun to sink, and early - formed magnesium - rich olivine might have begun to rise.