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Enstatite
- Translations : Amblyestegit, Enstadit, Amblystegita, Энстатит, 顽辉石
- Synonym : Amblystegite, Chladnite, Enstadite, Ficinite, Orthobronzite, Orthosenstatite, Paulite, Peckamite, Protobastite, Shepardite, Victorite
- Etymology : The name Enstatite comes from Greek "Enstates", I resist. In the time this mineral was said infusible.
- Discovery: 1855 by The German mineralogist Gustav Adolf Kenngott
Gemological data
- Chemical formula : MgSiO3
- Hardness (Mohs) : 5 - 6
- Density : 3.2 - 3.3
- Refractive index : α=1,650-1,668 β=1,652-1,673 γ=1,659-1,679
- Crystal system : Orthorhombic
- Group : Pyroxene
- Mineralogical Class : Inosilicates
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