Pyroxenite
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Description:
A sample of (possibly) pyroxenite that is a crystalline rock with green pyroxene, bronzy pyrrhotite, white quartz, and (possibly) black hornblende collected from the Ross Mine, 1.5 miles northeast of Gaffney, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Cherokee Co.
- Site Number: NH44
- Rock type: Igneous
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Igneous Rock
- Object Id: GR498
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