pyroxene chains
1pyroxene — 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… …
2Pyroxene — 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… …
3pyroxene — py•rox•ene [[t]paɪˈrɒk sin, pə , ˈpaɪ rɒkˌsin[/t]] n. mir any of a group of silicate minerals whose silica tetrahedra are arranged in single chains, usu. with ions of magnesium, iron, and calcium in between, and that constitute many igneous rocks …
4amphibole — /am feuh bohl /, n. Mineral. any of a complex group of hydrous silicate minerals, containing chiefly calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, and aluminum, and including hornblende, tremolite, asbestos, etc., occurring as important constituents of many… …
5Wollastonite — Infobox mineral name = Wollastonite category = Silicate mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = caption = formula = Calcium silicate, CaSiO3 molweight = color = white, colorless or gray habit = rare tabular crystals commonly massive in lamellar,… …
6igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary …
7andesite — andesitic /an deuh zit ik/, adj. /an deuh zuyt /, n. a dark colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite. [1840 50; named after ANDES; see ITE1] * * * Any member of a… …
8Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… …
9Silicate minerals — The silicate minerals make up the largest and most important class of rock forming minerals, constituting approximately 90 percent of the crust of the Earth. They are classified based on the structure of their silicate group. Silicate minerals… …
10243 Ida — Galileo image of 243 Ida. The tiny dot to the right is its moon, Dactyl. Discovery[1] and designation …
