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enstatite

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en·sta·tite  (nst-tt)
n.
A glassy, usually yellowish gray variety of orthorhombic pyroxene having a magnesium silicate base, mainly MgSiO3, usually found embedded in igneous rocks and meteorites.

[Greek enstats, adversary (because of its refractory quality) : en-, in, at, near; see en-2 + -stats, one that stands; see st- in Indo-European roots + -ite.]

enstatite [ˈɛnstəˌtaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a grey, green, yellow, or brown pyroxene mineral consisting of magnesium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg2Si2O6
[from Greek enstatēs adversary (referring to its refractory quality) + -ite1]

enstatite  (nst-tt)
A glassy, usually yellowish gray orthorhombic variety of pyroxene. It is usually found in igneous rocks and meteorites. Chemical formula: Mg2Si2O6.


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At higher metamorphic grades, metamorphosed komattites contain anthophyllite, enstatite, olivine and diopside.
Fresh semi-coke contains occasionally yellowish-green lumps of partially melted slag, which are composed of high-temperature Ca-Mg silicates--diposide, enstatite and various clinker-minerals ([beta]-C2S, C3S, merwinite and traces of Ca-ferrites).
That mineral also predominates in a group of meteorites called enstatite achondrites.
 
 
 
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