Pŷr'ox-ēne, n.
n. [Fr. pyroxène, from Gr. πῦρ, πυρός, fire, and ξένος, a stranger;—so called because it was supposed to be a stranger, or not to belong to the lava where it occurred.] (Min.) A mineral; augite. See AUGITE. Dana.
n. [Fr. pyroxène, from Gr. πῦρ, πυρός, fire, and ξένος, a stranger;—so called because it was supposed to be a stranger, or not to belong to the lava where it occurred.] (Min.) A mineral; augite. See AUGITE. Dana.