(mineralogy) A series of pyroxene minerals crystallizing in the orthorhombic system; members include enstatite, bronzite, hypersthene, ferrohypersthene, eulite, and orthoferrosilite.
orthopyroxene
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(′ör·thə·pə′räk′sēn)
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- harzburgite (petrology)
- lherzolite (petrology)
- orthoferrosilite (mineralogy)
- saxonite (petrology)
- ariegite (petrology)
- howardite (geology)
- sanukite (petrology)
- bronzite (mineralogy)
- charnockite series (geology)
- ferrosilite (mineralogy)
- hypersthene (mineralogy)
- norite (petrology)
- Orthorhombic pyroxene (mineralogy and petrology)
- Granulite (mineralogy and petrology)
