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clinopyroxene, n. Min.
Brit. |ˌklʌɪnə(ʊ)pʌɪˈrɒksiːn|, U.S. |ˈˌklaɪnoʊˌpaɪˈrɑkˌsin|, |ˈˌklaɪnoʊpəˈrɑkˌsin|
Forms: 19– clinopyroxene, 19 klinopyroxene[rare]
[‹ clino- comb. form + pyroxene n., after German Klinopyroxen (E. Düll, at the suggestion of F. Rinne, in Zeitschr. f. Krystallogr. u. Mineral. 36 (1902) 654 as graphic abbreviation kl-Pyroxen). Compare orthopyroxene n.]
Any mineral of the pyroxene group which crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Contrasted with orthopyroxene.
1903Mineral. Mag. 13 374 Following Rinne, E. Düll..proposes the terms ortho-pyroxene and klinopyroxene. 1963W. A. Deer et al. Introd. Rock-forming Minerals II. 33 Many orthopyroxenes can be distinguished from clinopyroxenes by their characteristic pink to green pleochroism. 1967H. H. Hess & A. Poldervaart Basalts I. 201 An increase in olivine and clinopyroxene in the alkali basalts (at the expense of plagioclase) leads to the development of melanocratic lavas. 2002Jrnl. Petrol. 43 1620/1 The dykes generally consist of assemblages of clinopyroxene-biotite-plagioclase. |