pyroxene

A noun referring to any of a group of crystalline silicate minerals commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

• 🇨🇳名词，指一类常见的硅酸盐矿物，通常存在于火成岩和变质岩中。

1. Silicate mineral group C2 formal scientific

   Any of a group of crystalline silicate minerals commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks, characterized by single-chain structures of silica tetrahedra.

   • Pyroxene is a key component in basalt and gabbro.
   • Geologists identified pyroxene crystals in the rock sample.
   • The mineral pyroxene often appears as dark, prismatic crystals.

   🇨🇳硅酸盐矿物类

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