Crossword-Solution: PYROXENE
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| Pyroxene | n. | A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90¡, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc. |
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| CHEMICALLY-related group of minerals | 1 answer |
| ENSTATITE | 1 answer |
| JADEITE mineral group | 1 answer |
| Mineral found in igneous rocks | 1 answer |
| any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks | 1 answer |
| augite | 1 answer |
| GABBRO, component of | 2 answers |
| IGNEOUS rock, constituent of | 4 answers |
| MONZONITE, component of | 4 answers |
| silicate mineral | 5 answers |
| MINERAL searcher | 18 answers |
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Babbington.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color.It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.
Amphibole and Pyroxene Group.—The minerals included in the table under the Amphibole and Pyroxene Group differ somewhat in their crystallisation form, though they all belong to the monoclinic system.
Amphibole is a general name for all the different varieties of Hornblende, Actinolite, Tremolite, etc., while Pyroxene includes Augite, Diallage, Malacolite, Sahlite, etc.
They form a set of dikes of a fine-grained dark greenstone or dolerite, composed of feldspar and pyroxene, with occasional scales of mica and grains of pyrites.
This young scientist, too, cherished loving thoughts about Angelina, thoughts of a more earthly and volcanic tinge; certain definite projects which made him forget, at times, his preoccupation with biotite, perlite, magnetite, anorthite, and pyroxene.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2012).