(mineralogy) A mineral in the orthopyroxene group; the iron analog of enstatite; occurs in hypersthene, but is not found separately in nature.
ferrosilite
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- Augite (mineralogy and petrology)
- Orthorhombic pyroxene (mineralogy and petrology)
- Pyroxene (mineralogy and petrology)
- Hypersthene
- Hedenbergite
- Qidong (meteorite)
- Enstatite
- Silicate minerals
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