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protoenstatite

protoenstatite

[¦prōd·ō′en·stə‚tīt]
(mineralogy)
An artificial, unstable, altered form of MgSiO3 produced by thermal decomposition of talc; convertible to enstatite by grinding or heating to a high temperature.
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