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bridgmanite

[ brij-muh-nahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.
  1. a magnesium-silicate mineral, MgSiO 3 , the most abundant mineral on earth, making up around 70 percent of the lower mantle.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bridgmanite1

Bridgman ( def ) + -ite 1( def ); coined by Chi Ma (U.S. mineralogist) and Oliver Tschauner (German-born mineralogist) in 2014

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