Usually means: Silicate mineral, magnesium-iron rich.
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  1. orthopyroxene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. orthopyroxene: Collins English Dictionary
  3. orthopyroxene: Wiktionary
  4. orthopyroxene: Dictionary.com
  5. Orthopyroxene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. orthopyroxene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Orthopyroxene: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

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▸ noun:  (mineralogy) Any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals.

Similar:
orthopyroxine, orthopyroxenite, orthorhombic pyroxene, clinopyroxenite, pyroxene, clinopyroxene, pyribole, orthochrysotile, orthoferrosilite, orthophyre, more...

Opposite:
clinopyroxene, monoclinic pyroxene

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Similar:
orthopyroxine, orthopyroxenite, orthorhombic pyroxene, clinopyroxenite, pyroxene, clinopyroxene, pyribole, orthochrysotile, orthoferrosilite, orthophyre, more...

Opposite:
clinopyroxene, monoclinic pyroxene



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