aegirine

aegirine

English

Aegirine

Noun

aegirine (countable and uncountable, plural aegirines)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals with the chemical formula NaFe³⁺(Si₂O₆) belonging to the pyroxene group.

Synonyms

• acmite

Translations

mineral

Estonian: ägiriin Finnish: akmiitti Portuguese: aegirina f, egirina f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Aegirine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “aegirine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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French

Noun

aegirine f (plural aegirines)

1. (mineralogy) aegirine