pyroxene

【化】 辉石

形容词:pyroxenic 

py.rox.ene

n.（名词）
Any of a group of crystalline silicate minerals common in igneous and metamorphic rocks and containing two metallic oxides, as of magnesium, iron, calcium, sodium, or aluminum.
辉石：一种晶体硅酸盐矿物，广泛分布在火成岩与变质岩中，含有两种金属氧气物，例如镁，铁，钙，钠或铝

来源：
French pyroxène
法语 pyroxène
Greek puro- [pyro-]
希腊语 puro- [热]
Greek xenos [stranger (originally viewed as a foreign substance when found in igneous rocks)] * see ghos-ti-
希腊语 xenos [陌生人（最初被认为是在火或岩中找到的外国物质）] *参见 ghos-ti-

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