Associations to the word «Augite»

Wiktionary

AUGITE, noun. (mineral) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.

Dictionary definition

AUGITE, noun. Dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats