biotite

As nouns the difference between pyroxene and biotite

is that pyroxene is pyroxene while biotite is (mineral) a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.

As nouns the difference between biotite and amphibole

is that biotite is a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron while amphibole is a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum.

As nouns the difference between hornblende and biotite

is that hornblende is a green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock while biotite is a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.

As nouns the difference between tourmaline and biotite

is that tourmaline is a complex black or dark coloured borosilicate mineral while biotite is a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.

In mineral terms the difference between biotite and baotite

is that biotite is a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron while baotite is a rare tetragonal mineral with a unique fourfold silicate ring.

As a noun biotite is

(mineral) a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and biotite

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while biotite is (mineral) a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.

As nouns the difference between biotite and monzogranite

is that biotite is (mineral) a dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron while monzogranite is a kind of biotite granite rock, considered to be the final fractionation product of magma.