Pyroxene vs Clinoenstatite - What's the difference?
pyroxene | clinoenstatite |
(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:
(mineral) A form of pyroxene, consisting of magnesium silicate, found in some meteorites.
As nouns the difference between pyroxene and clinoenstatite
is that pyroxene is pyroxene while clinoenstatite is (mineral) a form of pyroxene, consisting of magnesium silicate, found in some meteorites.pyroxene
English
(wikipedia pyroxene)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
