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bronz•ite
(bron′zīt),USA pronunciation n.
- Mineralogya greenish-brown or black mineral with a bronzelike luster, an orthorhombic pyroxene, (Mg,Fe)2(Si2O6), intermediate in composition between enstatite and hypersthene.
- 1810–20; bronze + -ite1; so called from its sheen
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