different between pyroxene vs olivine

English

Etymology

From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ????? (xénos, “stranger”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pa????ksi?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pa????ksin/

Noun

pyroxene (plural pyroxenes)

1. (mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 10:

     By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.

Translations

English

Etymology

From olive +? -in, later remodelled after -ine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l?vi?n/

Noun

olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)

1. (mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:

     The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.

Synonyms

• chrysolite

Derived terms

• olivinic (adjective)
• olivinitic

Translations

See also

• bluestone
• olivine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• violine

French

Noun

olivine f (plural olivines)

1. olivine

Derived terms

• olivinique

Further reading

• “olivine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

olivine f

1. plural of olivina