PYROXENE


Meaning of PYROXENE in English

[ pʌɪ'rɒksi:n ]

■ noun any of a large class of rock-forming silicate minerals typically occurring as prismatic crystals.

Origin

C19: from pyro- + Gk xenos 'stranger' (because supposedly alien to igneous rocks).

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