Definitions for enstatite

enstatite en·sta·tite

Spelling: [en-stuh-tahyt]
IPA: /ˈɛn stəˌtaɪt/

Enstatite is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in enstatite (aeeinsttt).

Definitions for enstatite

noun

  1. a yellow-green fibrous magnesium silicate, an orthorhombic pyroxene found in norites containing less than five percent ferrous oxide.

Origin of enstatite

1855-60; Greek enstát(ēs) adversary + -ite1

Examples for enstatite

Hornblende is green, rarely brownish; augite pale green or nearly colourless; enstatite appears in some granulite-gneisses.

In this connexion mention may be made of an altered form of enstatite or bronzite known as bastite or schiller-spar.

enstatite is white, greenish or brown in colour; its hardness is 5, and sp.

The hornblende of granites is usually pale green in section, the augite and enstatite nearly colourless.

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