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The plagioclase in this thin section has polysynthetic twinning. The orthopyroxene also has twinning

The plagioclase in this thin section has polysynthetic twinning. The orthopyroxene also has twinning present in most grains. The clinopyroxene is filling voids in the rock and have an anhedral structure, filling interstitial space, compared to to the plagioclase and orthopyroxene which range from subhedral to euhedral. The rock is a gabbronorite due to the presence of both orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene.


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Ancient Egyptian block statue (gabbro with traces of pigment) of Neskhemenyu, son of Kapefha. Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE (early Ptolemaic period). From a cache at the Temple of Amun, Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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My tribute to the Travelers in Outer Wilds


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