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Basalt
Tholeiite
A silica-oversaturated basalt, characterized by the presence of low-calcium pyroxenes in addition to clinopyroxene and calcic plagioclase. Olivine may be present in the mode, but neither olivine nor nepheline appear in the norm.
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