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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 magnesium
Familiarity information: AUGITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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