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Webster 1913 Edition
Enstatite
En′sta-tite
,Noun.
[Named fr. Gr. [GREEK] an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.]
(Min.)
A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.