pyroxene

See also: pyroxène

English

Etymology

From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /paɪˈɹɒk.siːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /paɪˈɹɑk.sin/

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Noun

pyroxene (plural pyroxenes)

1. (mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 10:

     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.

Derived terms

• orthorhombic pyroxene
• pyroxenite

 

Translations

mineral

• Armenian: պիրոքսեն (pirokʻsen)
• Catalan: piroxè m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 輝石／辉石

  Mandarin: 輝石／辉石 (zh) (huīshí)

• Estonian: pürokseen
• Finnish: pyrokseeni
• French: pyroxène (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pyroxen (de) m
• Hungarian: piroxén
• Icelandic: pýroxen n
• Italian: pirosseno (it) m
• Japanese: 輝石 (ja) (きせき, kiseki)
• Polish: piroksen (pl) m
• Portuguese: piroxena f, piroxeno m, piroxénio m (Portugal), piroxênio m (Brazil)
• Romanian: piroxen (ro) m
• Russian: пироксе́н (ru) m (piroksén)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пиро̀ксе̄н m

  Roman: piròksēn m

• Spanish: piroxeno (es) m