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pyroxenes

pyroxenes is the plural of pyroxene.

Meaning of pyroxene

Noun

pyroxene (plural pyroxenes)

  1. Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
    • By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 10

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What is pyroxenes the plural of?
Pyroxenes is the plural of pyroxene.

Words near pyroxenes in the dictionary

  1. pyroxamine
  2. pyroxanthin
  3. pyroxanthogen
  4. pyroxasulfone
  5. pyroxene
  6. pyroxenes
  7. pyroxenic
  8. pyroxenite
  9. pyroxenites
  10. pyroxenitic
  11. pyroxenoid

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