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From hypersthene + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A more or less coarsely crystalline igneous rock, allied to gabbro; an aggregate of labradorite (feldspar) and hypersthene, of plutonic origin. Full definition →
From hypersthene + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.