A thin section of pyroxene from the Indian Ocean with colors produced by light passing up through a polarizer and the rock’s crystal lattice. Earth’s upper mantle is composed mainly of olivine and pyroxene, often found in volcanic lava. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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