Look up: pyroxene

1. pyroxene
   [n] - any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
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2. Pyroxene
   Pyr'ox·ene noun [ French pyroxène , from Greek ... fire + ... a stranger; -- so called because it was supposed to the be a stranger, or of rare occurrence, in igneous rocks,] (Min.) A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a ...
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3. pyroxene
   <chemical> A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90 deg, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in colour from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in colour and composition, as diopside, mala...
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4. pyroxene
   noun any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
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5. Pyroxene
   • (n.) A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90
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6. pyroxene
   any of a group of important rock-forming silicate minerals of variable composition, among which calcium-, magnesium-, and iron-rich varieties ... [9 related articles]
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7. Pyroxene
   A group of single chained inosilicate minerals whose basic chemical unit is the silica tetrahedron (SiO₄). They are common rock forming minerals and are found in most igneous and metamorphic rocks. They form at high temperatures with very little water in the crystallization environment.
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8. pyroxene
   pyroxene (pī'roksēn) , name given to members of a group of widely distributed rock minerals called metasilicates in which magnesium, iron, and calcium, often with aluminum, sodium, lithium, manganese, or zinc occur as X in the chemical formula XSiO3. The pyroxene minerals crystallize...
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9. pyroxene
   Any one of a group of minerals, silicates of calcium, iron, and magnesium with a general formula X,YSi₂O₆, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. The internal structure is based on single chains of silicon and oxygen. Diopside (X = Ca, Y =...
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10. pyroxene
    a common mineral in igneous rocks, containing calcium, magnesium, iron, silicon, and oxygen.
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11. Pyroxene
    , a rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals. The `pyroxenes` are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks. They share a common structure consisting of single chains of silica tetrahedra and they crystallize in the monoclinic and orthorhom...
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