hypersthene

hypersthene
hypersthenic /huy'peuhrs then"ik/, adj.
/huy"peuhrs theen'/, n. Mineral.
a dark iron magnesium silicate, an orthorhombic pyroxene containing more than 14 percent ferrous oxide. Cf. bronzite, enstatite.
[1800-10; HYPER- + Gk sthénos strength, might; r. hyperstene < F hyperstène]

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