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(mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.

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pyroxene

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pyroxene

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/paɪˈɹɒk.siːn/

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(mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.

Japanese Meaning

輝石：鉄、マグネシウム、カルシウムを含むケイ酸塩を主成分とする結晶性鉱物群

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The basalt sample contained abundant pyroxene, which gave it a dark greenish-black color under the microscope.

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その玄武岩試料には鉄・マグネシウム・カルシウムを含む一群の結晶性珪酸塩鉱物（輝石）が豊富に含まれており、顕微鏡下で暗い緑黒色を呈していた。

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(mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.

By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.

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