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Hedenbergite

- Formula
- CaFe2+Si2O6
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Granular, Crystalline - Fine, Lamellar
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Indistinct, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Pearly
- Color
- brownish green, gray green, grayish black, dark green, black
- Streak
- white green
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5-6
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Hedenbergite from Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States

Deep green blocky crystals of Hedenbergite. The top crystal is 2cm and the bottom is 5cm.
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Hedenbergite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Deep green (manganoan) blocky crystals to 5mm.
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