AUGITE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("augite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Derivation:

augitic (of or relating to or containing the mineral augite)

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