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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium wordnet

Etymology

From Latin augītēs.

Related phrases

aegirine-augite

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