Definition of Enstatites

1. Noun. (plural of enstatite) ¹

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Definition of Enstatites

1. enstatite [n] - See also: enstatite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enstatites

enstalled
enstalling
enstalls
enstamp
enstamped
enstamping
enstamps
enstance
enstantly
enstasis
enstate
enstated
enstates
enstating
enstatite
enstatites (current term)
enstatitic
enstaunce
enstead
ensteep
ensteeped
ensteeps
enstraighten
enstraiten
enstraitened
enstraitening
enstraitens
enstrengthen
enstrengthened
enstrengthening

Literary usage of Enstatites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1889)
"The angle between the optic axes varies considerably, chiefly with the iron percentage : for enstatites and ..."

2. Lithological Studies: A Description and Classification of the Rocks of the by Marshman Edward Wadsworth (1884)
"The larger enstatites frequently show a greenish fibrous alteration extending along the fissures and sometimes reaching the main body of the crystal. ..."

3. Annual Report of the Geological Commission by George Steuart Corstorphine, Arthur William Rogers (1907)
"—A coarse-grained rock in which the enstatites are sometimes more than ... —A dull black rock containing bright platy enstatites sometimes over an inch ..."

4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1891)
"... and in a tuff from Glaramara one good-sized serpentine-pseudomorph is also seen, the form being quite that of the enstatites of andesites, etc. ..."

5. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"(7) In certain finely striated chondrites, a rectilinear columnar arrangement may be seen, identical with the structure of certain terrestrial enstatites ..."

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