Pyroxene - Wikipedia The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks
Pyroxene | Common Minerals An important rock-forming mineral of igneous and metamorphic rocks, pyroxene is not a specific mineral, but an informal name used for a number of group of related minerals
Pyroxene Group: Mineral information, data and localities. Pyroxene was believed to be an impurity in the glass, and therefore a "stranger to fire" and not formed by the action of heat Pyroxene was originally what might now be called "augite", but the name has been raised as a group name of structurally and chemically similar minerals
The Pyroxene Mineral Group - Geology. com Pyroxene is the name of a group of dark-colored rock-forming minerals found in igneous and metamorphic rocks throughout the world They form under conditions of high temperature and or high pressure
Pyroxene | Mineral Composition, Structure Uses | Britannica pyroxene, any of a group of important rock-forming silicate minerals of variable composition, among which calcium-, magnesium-, and iron-rich varieties predominate Pyroxenes are the most significant and abundant group of rock-forming ferromagnesian silicates
Pyroxene - (Intro to Geology) - Vocab, Definition . . . - Fiveable Pyroxene is a group of important rock-forming silicate minerals commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks They typically exhibit a single chain structure of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra and are characterized by their dark color, two directions of cleavage at nearly 90 degrees, and high density
Pyroxene - Geology is the Way Pyroxenes are a group of chain silicates that occur as fundamental Mg, Fe, Ca, and Na-bearing minerals in many igneous and metamorphic rocks
PYROXENE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PYROXENE is any of a group of igneous-rock-forming silicate minerals that contain calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, or aluminum, usually occur in short prismatic crystals or massive form, are often laminated, and vary in color from white to dark green or black