hypersthenite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hypersthene +‎ -ite

Noun[edit]

hypersthenite (countable and uncountable, plural hypersthenites)

  1. (mineralogy) A more or less coarsely crystalline igneous rock, allied to gabbro; an aggregate of labradorite (feldspar) and hypersthene, of plutonic origin.