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The ratio of lead and potassium-argon isotopes in this block of mineral components including olivine, pyroxene, feldspar and glass gives it an age of roughly 4.57 billion years, which makes it ...

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It is notable among pyroxene minerals for its long, needlelike crystals. This mineral is found in moon rocks and stony meteorites.