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Pyroxene Common

Pyroxene has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks

2

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

See Also
enstatite foyaite salite magnesium iron pyroxenoid clinoenstatite silicate
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mineral
Rhyming Words
ene dene mene pene sene bene rene gene nene lene cene oxene agene ilene arene keene ctene azene acene irene
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