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Definition of: augite
(ô′jīt) noun Mineral.
A dark-colored variety of aluminous rock-making pyroxene. [<L augites, a precious stone <Gk. augitē s <augē brightness, gleam (of a gem)]
—au·git·tic (ô·jit′ik) adjective
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