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Figure 2: Portion of the idealized structure of olivine projected perpendicular to the a axis showing the positions of the M1 and M2 octahedral sites.

examples of major meteorite types

Bowen's reaction series

Figure 15: Schematic cross section illustrating the shell structure of the Earth.

Diagram illustrating the structural linkage types among silicate minerals, showing geometric arrangements of silicate tetrahedra for nesosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, inosilicates (single and double chain), phyllosilicates, and tectosilicates, each with example minerals and unit compositions labeled.

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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.

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