pyroxene

Other forms: pyroxenes

Definitions of pyroxene
  1. noun
    any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
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    type of:
    mineral
    solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
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