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omphacite
[ om-fuh-sahyt ]
/ ˈɒm fəˌsaɪt /
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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
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How to use omphacite in a sentence
Typically they consist of pale green or nearly colourless augite (omphacite), green hornblende and pink garnet.
With omphacite and smaragdite, garnet forms the peculiar rock called eclogite.
Omphacite, om′fa-sīt, n. a grass-green granular variety of pyroxene, one of the constituents of eclogite.