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PYROXENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pyroxene" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Holonyms ("pyroxene" is a substance of...):
nephelinite (an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene)
basalt (the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene)
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