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au•gite  (ô′jīt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mineralogya silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
  • Greek, equivalent. to aug(é̄) sunlight + -ītis, feminine of -ītēs -ite1
  • Latin augītis a kind of precious stone
  • 1780–90;
au•git•ic  (ô jit′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
'augite' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
basanite - diabase - dolerite - epidiorite - eucrite - gabbro - granite - picrite - pyroxene - syenite - teschenite - theralite

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