Crossword-Solution: ENSTATITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Enstatite | n. | A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety. |
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| ENSTATITE | anagram | INTESTATE, SATINETTE |
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| grey, green, yellow, or brown pyroxene mineral consisting of magnesium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form | 1 answer |
| pyroxene | 4 answers |
| PERIDOTITES, constituent of | 6 answers |
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BRONZITE, a member of the pyroxene group of minerals, belonging with enstatite and hypersthene to the orthorhombic series of the group.
Rather than a distinct species, it is really a ferriferous variety of enstatite, which owing to partial alteration has acquired a bronze-like sub-metallic lustre on the cleavage surfaces.
Enstatite is magnesium metasilicate, MgSiO_3, with the magnesia partly replaced by small amounts (up to about 5%) of ferrous oxide; in the bronzite variety, (Mg,Fe)SiO_3, the ferrous oxide ranges from about 5 to 14%, and with still more iron there is a passage to hypersthene.
Like enstatite, bronzite is a constituent of many basic igneous rocks, such as norites, gabbros, and especially peridotites, and of the serpentines which have been derived from them.
Here, in addition to schillerization, the original enstatite has been altered by hydration and the product has approximately the composition of serpentine.