pyroxene

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/paɪˈɹɒk.siːn/(UK)

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/paɪˈɹɒk.siːn/(UK) · /paɪˈɹɑk.sin/(US)

Definition of pyroxene

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noun

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.”

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From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”).

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