Comparative planetary mineralogy: Pyroxe
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Karner, J.; Papike, J.J.; Shearer, C.K.
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Article
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2006
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Mineralogical Society of America
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English
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Pyroxene grains from 14 basalt suites from the Earth, Moon, Mars, and Vesta were studied by electron-and ion-microprobe techniques. The results show that several elemental trends can be related to planetary parentage and crystallization conditions including paragenetic sequence and kinetics. Ferric