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augite

[ aw-jahyt ]

noun

  1. a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.


augite

/ ɔːˈɡɪtɪk; ˈɔːɡaɪt /

noun

  1. a black or greenish-black mineral of the pyroxene group, found in igneous rocks. Composition: calcium magnesium iron aluminium silicate. General formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al) 2 O 6 . Crystal structure: monoclinic
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augite

/ ôjīt′ /

  1. A glassy, dark-green to black variety of pyroxene. Chemical formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al) 2 O 6 .


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Derived Forms

  • augitic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • au·git·ic [aw-, jit, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of augite1

1780–90; < Latin augītis a kind of precious stone < Greek, equivalent to aug ( ) sunlight + -ītis, feminine of -ītēs -ite 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of augite1

C19: from Latin augītēs, from Greek, from augē brightness
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Example Sentences

With the exception of quartz and augite, these names are, however, representatives of different classes of minerals.

In the same flow hypersthene-andesite may occur in one portion, while in close proximity the lava is an augite-andesite.

In the more basic phases anhedrons of augite and of olivine appear, and magnetite grains are usually present.

On the spurs west of Nisqually Glacier the andesites contain both pyroxenes, the augite being somewhat the more important.

Below this were strata of trachitic breccia and augite; the formation was then seamy to an unknown depth.

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