omphacite
[ om-fuh-sahyt ]
/ ˈɒm fəˌsaɪt /
noun Mineralogy.
a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
Origin of omphacite
1820–30; < German
Omphazit < Greek
omphakī́tēs green stone, equivalent to
omphak- (stem of
ómphax) unripe grape +
-ītēs
-ite1
Words nearby omphacite
omoo,
omophagia,
omophorion,
omotic,
omov,
omphacite,
omphale,
omphalectomy,
omphalelcosis,
omphalic,
omphalitis
Example sentences from the Web for omphacite
With omphacite and smaragdite, garnet forms the peculiar rock called eclogite.
Typically they consist of pale green or nearly colourless augite (omphacite), green hornblende and pink garnet.
Omphacite, om′fa-sīt, n. a grass-green granular variety of pyroxene, one of the constituents of eclogite.