Meaning Of The Word Pyroxenite

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Pyroxenite Meaning

Pyroxenite Definition
Pyroxenite Definition

What's The Definition Of Pyroxenite?

pyroxenite in American English
a dark-colored, coarsegrained, intrusive igneous rock composed mainly of pyroxene
noun: any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind

pyroxenite in British English
noun: a very dark coarse-grained ultrabasic rock consisting entirely of pyroxene minerals

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