clinoenstatite
1clinoenstatite — noun A form of pyroxene, consisting of magnesium silicate, found in some meteorites …
2clinoenstatite — cli·no·enstatite …
3clinoenstatite — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷+ noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary clin + enstatite; originally formed as German klinoenstatit : a monoclinic magnesium iron pyroxene with magnesium substantially in excess of iron; specifically : the magnesium …
4Enstatite — Enstatite[1] Catégorie IX : silicates[2] Enstatite de Birmanie …
5enstatite — enstatitic /en steuh tit ik/, adj. /en steuh tuyt /, n. Mineral. a yellow green fibrous magnesium silicate, an orthorhombic pyroxene found in norites containing less than five percent ferrous oxide. [1855 60; < Gk enstát(es) adversary + ITE1] * * …
6pyroxene — pyroxenic /puy rok sen ik/, adj. /puy rok seen, peuh , puy rok seen /, n. any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of… …
7Pyroxene — Figure 1: A sample of pyroxenite, 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… …
8List of minerals C-E (complete) — It is currently not possible to have a complete list of minerals . The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go… …
9Enstatite — Infobox mineral name = Enstatite category = Silicate mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = formula = Mg2Si2O6 molweight = color = White, grey, green, yellow or brown colorless in thin section. habit = Lamellar, fibrous, or massive …
10Geology of Tasmania — Tasmania has a varied geological history, with the world s biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. Rocks from the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic time periods appear. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas glaciated during the… …
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