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Pyrite vs Pyroxene - What's the difference?

pyrite | pyroxene |

As nouns the difference between pyrite and pyroxene

is that pyrite is while pyroxene is pyroxene.

pyrite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineralogy) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS2), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.
  • (usually as a plural: pyrites ) Any metallic-looking sulphide, such as the above, which is the most common.
  • (usually as a plural: pyrites ) Any metal dichalcogenide that is isostructural to the common mineral.
    • Copper diselenide can occur both as a marcasite and a pyrite .

    Synonyms

    * fool's gold * iron pyrites

    Derived terms

    * chalcopyrite * pyritic * pyritified * white iron pyrite

    Related terms

    * pyr- * pyric * pyro-

    See also

    * marcasite ----

    pyroxene

    English

    (wikipedia pyroxene)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 10:
    • By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.