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saxonite

saxonite noun: harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.

Noun

saxonite (countable and uncountable, plural saxonites)

  1. Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
    1. Peridotite composed of olivine and enstatite.

Forms of saxonite

pluralsaxonites

Origin of saxonite

From Saxon + -ite?

Questions about saxonite

What does saxonite mean?
Saxonite means harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
What part of speech is saxonite?
Saxonite is a noun.
What is the plural of saxonite?
The plural of saxonite is saxonites.

Words near saxonite in the dictionary

  1. Saxonising
  2. Saxonism
  3. Saxonisms
  4. Saxonist
  5. Saxonists
  6. saxonite
  7. saxonites
  8. Saxonization
  9. Saxonize
  10. Saxonized
  11. Saxonizes

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