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Definition of Pyroxenic
1. a. Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene.
Definition of Pyroxenic
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or containing pyroxene ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyroxenic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyroxenic
Literary usage of Pyroxenic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Geology: Practical and Theoretical by John Phillips (1855)
"He himself says it is to gaseous eruptions accompanying the pyroxenic eruption
that we must ascribe the alterations of rocks. ..."
2. Geological Studies by Alexander Winchell (1886)
"... and pyroxenic Mocks. I. Micaceous Bocks. No bowlders are more abundant than
those containing mica. On every hand its glistening scales may be seen ..."
3. Geological Studies: Or, Elements of Geology by Alexander Winchell (1886)
"... and pyroxenic Bocks. The foregoing are the rocks resulting in case the dark
mineral in our hands is mica. But taking another specimen, in which the dark ..."
4. Report on the Geology of Clinton County [New York] by Henry Platt Cushing (1895)
"The north end of the Dannemora mountain gneissic ridge projects into the
south\vestern part of the township, the rock being the pyroxenic gneiss usual on ..."
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