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Definition of Enstatite

1. n. 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.

Definition of Enstatite

1. Noun. (minerology) A form of pyroxene consisting solely of magnesium silicate ¹

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Definition of Enstatite

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Medical Definition of Enstatite

1. A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; colour grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety. Origin: Named fr. Gr. An adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Enstatite

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

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"22, enstatite. enstatite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system but ... enstatite occurs not only as a rock constituent in harzburgite (saxon- ite), ..."

2. The History of Geological Surveys in Minnesota by Newton Horace Winchell (1889)
"enstatite. enstatite is not an abundant mineral in the Minnesota gabbros studied ... 787, found on the south slope of the Mesabi range the enstatite is of a ..."

3. A Report on the Asbestos, Talc and Soapstone Deposits of Georgia by Oliver Baker Hopkins (1914)
"The alteration of enstatite to anthophyllite may progress in such a way that the secondary anthophyllite may take the form of the original enstatite. ..."

4. Lithological Studies: A Description and Classification of the Rocks of the by Marshman Edward Wadsworth (1884)
"In the next type enstatite enters as a constituent, ... The enstatite is in grains and crystals, which are clear and transparent, but which sometimes ..."

5. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"enstatite is light gray, yellow or green. Hypersthene is black, dark purple or dark green. Bronzite is brown, or some shade lighter than hypersthene and ..."

6. Geology of the Serpentine Belt Coleraine Sheet, Thetford-Black Lake Mining by John Knox Knox (1918)
"... is still comparatively fresh, showing only the first stages of alteration. The enstatite is largely altered to serpentine, chlorite, actinolite, ..."

7. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"HYPERSTHENE BASALTS AND enstatite DIABASES These types are respectively connected with normal basalt and diabase by transitional, ..."

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