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| augite comparison table | |||||||
| Subject | has alteration mineral | is one of | has metastable polymorph | has chemical composition | is a kind of | has genesi | is an instance of |
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| calcium rich olivine | pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | ringwoodite | olivine | created on Mars if found in martian meteorite | ||
| martian meteorite mineral | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | meteorite mineral | created on Mars if found in martian meteorite | ||||
| pyroxene | 4000 well-characterized minerals | inosilicate | |||||
| augite | pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | ringwoodite | (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6] | calcium rich olivine | created on Mars if found in martian meteorite | martian meteorite mineral |
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