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| nesosilicate comparison table | ||||||||
| Subject | has color | is an instance of | has genesi | is one of | is a kind of | has metastable polymorph | has alteration mineral | has polymorph |
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| olivine | martian meteorite mineral | created on Mars if found in martian meteorite | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | stable mineral | ringwoodite | pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks |
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