Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enstatite"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enstatite \En"sta*tite\, n. [Named fr. Gr. ? an adversary,
because infusible before the blowpipe.] (Min.)
A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in
crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish
white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some
iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.


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