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| forsterite | ||||
| subject | fact | |||
| forsterite | is an instance of magnesium rich olivine |  |
| has chemical composition Mg2SiO4 | | |
| olivine | has alteration mineral serpentine minerals like antigorite | |
| has alteration mineral magnesite | | |
| has alteration mineral iron oxides | | |
| has alteration mineral pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks | | |
| has metastable polymorph ringwoodite | | |
| martian meteorite mineral | has genesis created on Mars if found in martian meteorite | |
| polymorphic mineral | has polymorph | |
| meteorite mineral | is one of 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | |
| mineral | has color | |