Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Enstatite

Enstatite , noun

[Named from Greek {not transcribed} an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.]

(Mineralogy) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.