bronzite
Sign in to savethumb|Bronzite variety from the Bare Hills copper mine, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA (size: 9.6 x 7.5 x 4.9 cm) thumb|Bronzitite, thin section of a rock made of olivine and pyroxene, mostly bronzite. Photomicrograph, viewed with polarized light.
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thumb|Bronzite variety from the Bare Hills copper mine, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA (size: 9.6 x 7.5 x 4.9 cm) thumb|Bronzitite, thin section of a rock made of olivine and pyroxene, mostly bronzite. Photomicrograph, viewed with polarized light.
Bronzite is a member of the pyroxene group of minerals, belonging with enstatite and hypersthene to the orthorhombic series of the group. Rather than a distinct species, it is really a ferriferous variety of enstatite, which owing to partial alteration has acquired a bronze-like sub-metallic luster on the cleavage surfaces.