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pyroxenite

[pahy-rok-suh-nahyt, puh-]

noun Petrology.

any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind.

Origin:
1860–65; pyroxene + -ite¹

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pyroxenite (paɪˈrɒksɪˌnaɪt)

—n
	a very dark coarse-grained ultrabasic rock consisting entirely of pyroxene minerals

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