majorite

See also: Majorite, majorité, and mâjorité

English

Noun

majorite (plural majorites)

  1. (mineralogy) A silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium, found in the upper mantle of the Earth, that stores oxygen when under intense pressure

Further reading
  • “Majorite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “majorite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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