Min. [f. Gr. ἐνοτάτ-ης adversary (from its refractory nature) + -ITE.] A variety of diallage, tinted variously from greyish- or greenish-white to olive-green and brown.
1857. C. Shepard, Min., 425. Enstatite … in prisms, resembling pyroxene or scapolite.
1879. Rutley, Stud. Rocks, x. 120. Enstatite also affords two other directions of less perfect cleavage.
Hence Enstatitic a. [+ -IC].
1885. Geol. Mag., Feb. (Title of Article), The Enstatitic Lavas of Eycott Hill.
