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pyroxenite

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py⋅rox⋅e⋅nite

  [pahy-rok-suh-nahyt, puh-]
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–noun Petrology.
any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind.
Origin:
1860–65; pyroxene + -ite 1
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py·rox·e·nite   (pī-rŏk'sə-nīt')   
n.  An igneous rock consisting chiefly of pyroxenes.
py·rox'e·nit'ic (-nĭt'ĭk) adj.
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