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For the hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral "websterite", see aluminite.

Websterite highlighted in a ternary diagram.

Websterite is ultramafic igneous rock 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.