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Description

The pyroxenes are a group of vital rock-forming silicate minerals establish in many igneous and metamorphic rocks. They share a general structure consisting of single chains of silica tetrahedra and they crystallize in the monoclinic and orthorhombic systems.

Rocks Found In Mineral

Basaltic igneous rocks

Chemical Formula

(Mg, Fe)SiO2