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orthopyroxene

Syllables: or·tho·py·rox·eneUK/ˌɔːθə(ʊ)paɪˈɹɒksiːn/US/ˌɔɹθoʊpaɪˈɹɑksin/

orthopyroxene noun: any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals.

Noun

orthopyroxene (plural orthopyroxenes)

  1. Any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals.
    • Biotite from lava flows is invariably rimmed or totally replaced by an exceedingly fine-grained, almost isotropic intergrowth of K-feldspar, orthopyroxene, cordierite and ilmenite, probably as a result of dehydration of the magma on eruption. Cordierite and orthopyroxene (5% each) occur as euhedral...1981 November 10, D. Wyborn, B. W. Chappell, R. M. Johnston, “Three S‐Type Volcanic Suites from the Lachlan Fold Belt, Southeast Australia”, in Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 86, number B11...
    • The meteorite contains abundant, distinct to poorly defined chondrules (about 40 volume %). They are enclosed in a recrystallised, heavily iron-stained, but coherent matrix of irregular fragments of olivine and orthopyroxene, together with fragmented chrondrules and small grains and interstitial...1998, William D. Birch, “The Broken Hill Meteorite, New South Wales, Australia”, in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, volume 131, →ISSN, page 96

Forms of orthopyroxene

pluralorthopyroxenes

Origin of orthopyroxene

From ortho- + pyroxene.

Questions about orthopyroxene

What does orthopyroxene mean?
Orthopyroxene means any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals.
What part of speech is orthopyroxene?
Orthopyroxene is a noun.
How do you pronounce orthopyroxene?
Orthopyroxene is pronounced /ˌɔːθə(ʊ)paɪˈɹɒksiːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of orthopyroxene?
The plural of orthopyroxene is orthopyroxenes.

Words near orthopyroxene in the dictionary

  1. orthoptic circles
  2. orthoptics
  3. orthoptist
  4. orthoptists
  5. orthoptopically
  6. orthopyroxene
  7. orthopyroxenes
  8. orthopyroxenite
  9. orthopyroxenites
  10. orthopyroxine
  11. orthopædia

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