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Hypersthene

- Formula
- (Mg,Fe++)2Si2O6
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Crystalline - Coarse, Massive - Granular
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Perfect, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Silky
- Color
- grayish white, greenish white, yellowish white, bronzy brown, grayish black
- Streak
- grayish greenish white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 5.5-6
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Localities of Hypersthene
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