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Ultramafic and ultrabasic rock

For the hydrous aluminium sulfatemineral "websterite", seeAluminite.

Websterite highlighted in aternary diagram

Cumulate layers of websterite in theMcMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica

Websterite isultramafic igneous rock, a type ofpyroxenite that has less than 5%olivine and roughly equal proportions oforthopyroxene andclinopyroxene.

Websterite is named after the townWebster inNorth Carolina.^[1]

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^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.

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