omphacite

[ om-fuh-sahyt ]

nounMineralogy.
  1. a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.

Origin of omphacite

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1820–30; <German Omphazit<Greek omphakī́tēs green stone, equivalent to omphak- (stem of ómphax) unripe grape + -ītēs-ite1

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