Orthopyroxenite Hand Sample Photos. Click on any photo for a larger image. Some of the larger images may be on other web sites and will open in a new window.

Bushveld Orthopyroxenite Hand Sample

orthopxnhs_001. Orthopyroxenite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa. Dark brown bronzite and green enstatite with very minor white calcic plagioclase feldspar. Approximate height in layered sequence 1500 meters. Mark Brandriss Collection, Smith College sample (BV-009D).



Stillwater Orthopyroxenite Hand Sample

orthopxnhs_002. Orthopyroxenite from the Stillwater Igneous Complex, Montana. Dark brown bronzite and greenish brown enstatite with minor white plagioclase feldspar and green chromian augite. Located in the Basal zone of the complex. Smith College sample (SIC-11).



Stillwater Orthopyroxenite Hand Sample

orthopxnhs_003. Equigranular, medium-grained, chromite orthopyroxenite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa. Dark brown bronzite and green enstatite with very minor white calcic plagioclase feldspar. Approximate height in layered sequence 2000 meters. Mark Brandriss Collection, Smith College sample (BV-0011b).



Stillwater Orthopyroxenite Hand Sample

orthopxnhs_004. Chromite orthopyroxenite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa. Dark brown bronzite and green enstatite with very minor white calcic plagioclase feldspar. Approximate height in layered sequence 1995 meters. Mark Brandriss Collection, Smith College sample (BV-103).