bronzite

[ bron-zahyt ]

noun

1. a greenish-brown or black mineral with a bronzelike luster, an orthorhombic pyroxene, (Mg,Fe) 2 (Si 2 O 6 ), intermediate in composition between enstatite and hypersthene.

bronzite

/ ˈbrɒnzaɪt /

noun

1. a type of orthopyroxene often having a metallic or pearly sheen

Word History and Origins

Origin of bronzite¹

1810–20; bronze + -ite ¹; so called from its sheen

Example Sentences

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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