ferropericlase

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English

Etymology

From ferro- +‎ periclase.

Noun

ferropericlase (plural ferropericlases)

  1. (mineralogy) Any of a class of minerals, mixed oxides of magnesium and iron, that are abundant in the earth's lower mantle (second only to perovskite)