Pyroxenite
Rock
Also called Websterite, Bronzitite, and Clinopyroxenite
About it
Dark, coarse rock made mostly of pyroxene, with stubby crystals and blocky cleavage faces. Occurs as layers in intrusions like the Bushveld and Stillwater complexes and as nodules brought up from the mantle.
- Type
- Rock (igneous)
- Group
- Igneous (ultramafic plutonic)
- Specific gravity
- 3.1–3.4
- Colours
- dark green, black, brown
- Transparency
- opaque
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.