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AUGITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does augite mean? 

AUGITE (noun)
  The noun AUGITE has 1 sense:

1. dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesiumplay

  Familiarity information: AUGITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUGITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("augite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Derivation:

augitic (of or relating to or containing the mineral augite)


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