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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaugite
Pronunciation / Transliteration: oh-zhit
"L'augite est un minéral important présent dans les roches basaltiques."
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A common dark green to black pyroxene mineral that is an essential constituent of many igneous rocks such as basalt and gabbro.
"Under the petrographic microscope, the thin section clearly revealed prismatic crystals of augite."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'augē', meaning 'luster' or 'brightness', combined with the mineral suffix '-ite'. It was coined in 1792 by the German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner in reference to the mineral's characteristic shiny cleavage surfaces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Augite" is said worldwide
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augite
Transliteration: oh-zhit
"L'augite est un minéral important présent dans les roches basaltiques."
Augit
Transliteration: ow-ɡiːt
"Augit ist ein häufiges gesteinsbildendes Mineral der Pyroxengruppe."
augite
Transliteration: au-dʒi-te
"L'augite si trova comunemente nelle rocce ignee vulcaniche."
augita
Transliteration: au-ˈxi-ta
"La augita es un mineral verde oscuro que forma parte de los basaltos."
augita
Transliteration: aw-ˈʒi-tɐ
"A augita é um silicato complexo encontrado em várias rochas ígneas."
ऑजाइट
Transliteration: ojait
"ऑजाइट मुख्य रूप से बेसाल्ट चट्टानों में पाया जाने वाला खनिज है।"
普通辉石
Transliteration: pǔtōng huīshí
"普通辉石是火成岩中常见的造岩矿物。"
휘석
Transliteration: hwiseok
"휘석은 현암과 같은 화성암에서 흔히 발견되는 광물입니다."
普通輝石
Transliteration: fūtsū kiseki
"普通輝石は火成岩に広く含まれる造岩鉱物の一つである。"
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