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tholeiite

A silica-oversaturated (quartz-normative) basalt, characterized by the presence of lowcalcium pyroxenes (orthopyroxene and/or pigeonite) in addition to clinopyroxene and calcic plagioclase. Olivine may be present in the mode, but neither olivine nor nepheline appear in the norm. Compare: basalt

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