pic|rite

pic|rite
pic|rite «PIHK ryt», noun.
any one of a group of igneous rocks of granular texture, composed chiefly of olivine and augite.
[< Greek pikrós bitter + English -ite1 (because of the bitter taste of the magnesium it contains)]

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