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en⋅sta⋅tite

[en-stuh-tahyt]
–noun Mineralogy.
a yellow-green fibrous magnesium silicate, an orthorhombic pyroxene found in norites containing less than five percent ferrous oxide.

Origin:
1855–60; < Gk enstát(ēs) adversary + -ite 1


en⋅sta⋅tit⋅ic [en-stuh-tit-ik] , adjective
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