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bronzite

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bronz⋅ite

[bron-zahyt]
–noun
a greenish-brown or black mineral with a bronzelike luster, an orthorhombic pyroxene, (Mg,Fe)2(Si2O6), intermediate in composition between enstatite and hypersthene.

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