bronzite

[ bron-zahyt ]

/ ˈbrɒn zaɪt /

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noun

a greenish-brown or black mineral with a bronzelike luster, an orthorhombic pyroxene, (Mg,Fe)2(Si2O6), intermediate in composition between enstatite and hypersthene.

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Origin of bronzite

1810–20; bronze + -ite¹; so called from its sheen

Words nearby bronzite

bronzer, Bronze Star, bronze whaler, bronzing, Bronzino, bronzite, brooch, brood, brood bitch, brood bud, brooder

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How to use bronzite in a sentence

Hypersthene (or bronzite) is characteristic of another group.
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In colour bastite is brown or green with the same metallic sheen as bronzite.
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In this connexion mention may be made of an altered form of enstatite or bronzite known as bastite or schiller-spar.
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Like bronzite, it is sometimes cut and polished for ornamental purposes.
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Other minerals which have been found in eclogites are bronzite, olivine and glaucophane.
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British Dictionary definitions for bronzite

bronzite

/ (ˈbrɒnzaɪt) /

noun

a type of orthopyroxene often having a metallic or pearly sheen

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