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Nigeria
Property | Specification |
Chemical Formula | (Mg,Fe)₂SiO₄ (Magnesium Iron Silicate) |
Crystal System | Orthorhombic |
Hardness (Mohs) | 6.5 – 7 |
Specific Gravity | 3.27 – 3.37 |
Cleavage | None |
Fracture | Conchoidal to uneven |
Luster | Vitreous |
Transparency | Transparent to translucent |
Refractive Index | 1.654 – 1.690 |
Color | Green (yellow-green to olive-green, often with a yellowish tint) |
Streak | White |
Tenacity | Brittle |
Crystal Habit | Granular, short prismatic, or tabular crystals |
Pleochroism | None (uniform color in all directions) |
Birefringence | 0.038 |