Pyroxene
//paɪˈɹɑk.sin// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
"By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano."
- 2 any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks wordnet
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More examples"By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano."
Etymology
From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”).
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