Websterite highlighted in a ternary diagram
Websterite highlighted in a ternary diagram
Cumulate layers of websterite in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica
Cumulate layers of websterite in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica

Websterite is ultramafic igneous rock that consists of roughly equal proportions of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene. It is a type of pyroxenite.

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

References

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


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