pyroxene
noun
py·rox·ene
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Definition of pyroxene
: any of a group of igneous-rock-forming silicate minerals that contain calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, or aluminum, usually occur in short prismatic crystals or massive form, are often laminated, and vary in color from white to dark green or black
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Other Words from pyroxene
pyroxenic
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adjective
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adjective
pyroxenoid
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adjective or noun
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adjective or noun
Examples of pyroxene in a Sentence
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Driving around Von Kármán, the Yutu-2 rover found material that, according to its spectrometer, looked to contain at least two minerals: low-calcium pyroxene and olivine. — National Geographic, "Chinese rover finds strange rocks that may come from deep inside the moon," 15 May 2019 Models and some recent finds suggest the upper zones of the mantle are composed of the minerals pyroxene and olivine. — National Geographic, "Why does Earth have a moon, and how does it affect our planet?," 3 July 2019 The water content of minerals like pyroxene, known to be incredibly dry, were oddly wet in Bermuda’s core samples. — Robin George Andrews, National Geographic, "The volcano that built Bermuda is unlike any other on Earth," 17 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pyroxene.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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