pyroxene

About 0.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.

Similar words

plagioclase gabbro andesite granulite hornfels monoclinic andesites clino gabbros pyroxferroite

Often followed by

and is in andesite crystals group are or grains

Word family

pyroxenes pyroxenic pyroxenoid pyroxenoids