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augite
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AUGITE
n.[Gr. brightness. ] A mineral called by Hauy, pyroxene; often found in distinct crystals. Its secondary forms are all six or eight-sided prisms. Sometimes it appears in hemitrope crystals. It has a foliated structure, and is harder than hornblend. The varieties are common augite, sahlite, fassaite, and cocolite. The omphacite of Werner appears also to be a variety; and the common augite, found near the lake Baikal, has been called Baikalite.
Werner divides augite into four sub-species; granular, foliated, conchoidal, and common; and there is a variety called slaggy augite.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AUGITE
Au "gite, n. Etym: [L. augites, Gr. augite. ]
Defn: A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene.
New American Oxford Dictionary
augite
au gite |ˈôˌjīt ˈɔʤaɪt | ▶noun a dark green or black aluminosilicate mineral of the pyroxene group. It occurs in many igneous rocks, including basalt, gabbro, and diabase. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin augites, denoting a precious stone (probably turquoise ), from Greek augitēs, from augē ‘luster. ’
Oxford Dictionary
augite
augite |ˈɔːdʒʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dark green or black aluminosilicate mineral of the pyroxene group. It occurs in many igneous rocks, including basalt, gabbro, and dolerite. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin augites, denoting a precious stone (probably turquoise ), from Greek augitēs, from augē ‘lustre ’.
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