omphacite
[ om-fuh-sahyt ]
/ ˈɒm fəˌsaɪt /
noun Mineralogy.
a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
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Origin of omphacite
1820–30; <German Omphazit<Greek omphakī́tēs green stone, equivalent to omphak- (stem of ómphax) unripe grape + -ītēs-ite1
Words nearby omphacite
Omoo, omophagia, omophorion, Omotic, OMOV, omphacite, Omphale, omphalectomy, omphalelcosis, omphalic, omphalitis
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Example sentences from the Web for omphacite
With omphacite and smaragdite, garnet forms the peculiar rock called eclogite.
Typically they consist of pale green or nearly colourless augite (omphacite), green hornblende and pink garnet.
Omphacite, om′fa-sīt, n. a grass-green granular variety of pyroxene, one of the constituents of eclogite.