Websterite Explained

Websterite is ultramafic igneous rock, a type of pyroxenite that has less than 5% olivine and roughly equal proportions of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene.

Websterite is named after the town Webster in North Carolina.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rogers, Nick. An introduction to our dynamic planet. 2008. Cambridge Univ. Press. Cambridge. 978-0521494243. Stephen Blake . Kevin Burton . Mike Widdowson . Ian Parkinson . Nigel Harris .

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