Experimentally deformed pyroxenite and diabase

 

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Experimentally deformed pyroxenite and diabase

 

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Maryland diabase (MD) starting material; ~35% plagioclase, ~60% clinopyroxene, ~5% opaques and chlorite.

Maryland diabase (MD) starting material. This material is composed of ~35% plagioclase (An71) and ~60% clinopyroxene (En46Wo38Fs16), with ~5% opaques and chlorite. The plagioclase and the clinopyroxene are about equally interconnected. The average grain size is ~100 mm.