enstatiten.
/ˈɛnstətʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛnstəˌtaɪt/ Mineralogy.
A variety of diallage, tinted variously from greyish- or greenish-white to olive-green and brown.
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1857 C. U. Shepard Treat. Mineral. (ed. 3) 425 Enstatite..in prisms, resembling pyroxene or scapolite.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 120 Enstatite also affords two other directions of less perfect cleavage.
Derivatives
enstaˈtitic adj. [+ -ic suffix.]
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1885 Geol. Mag. Feb. (title) The Enstatitic Lavas of Eycott Hill.
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