Clinopyroxene
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any pyroxene that has a monoclinic crystal structure. countable, uncountable
"It is well illustrated and it is good to see photographs of macrofauna and microflora of the Cambrian rocks of St Tudwal’s Peninsula; thin section photomicrographs, for example the glomeroporphyritic cluster of andesine and augitic clinopyroxene within the Bryn Crin Basaltic Trachyandesite (Plate 18, page 65), are also very welcome."
Example
More examples"It is well illustrated and it is good to see photographs of macrofauna and microflora of the Cambrian rocks of St Tudwal’s Peninsula; thin section photomicrographs, for example the glomeroporphyritic cluster of andesine and augitic clinopyroxene within the Bryn Crin Basaltic Trachyandesite (Plate 18, page 65), are also very welcome."
Etymology
From clino- + pyroxene.
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