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pyroxene

/'paɪrɑk,sin/

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noun
any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
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basalt the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
nephelinite an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene
spodumene a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium
augite dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium