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| orthopyroxenite | ||||
| subject | fact | |||
| orthopyroxenite | is a kind of plutonic cumulate |  |
| has composition orthopyroxene | | |
| plutonic rock | has solidification mechanism cooling in deep underground chambers | |
| has solidification timescale very slow | | |
| fractional crystallized rock | has genesis fractional crystallization | |
| gravitationally separated rock | has property formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field | |
| rock | has part mineral | |
| has texture | |
Kinds of orthopyroxenite :