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普通輝石
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普通輝石

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Augite, also known as Augurite, is a common rock-forming pyroxene mineral with formula . The crystals are monoclinic and prismatic. Augite has two prominent cleavages, meeting at angles near 90 degrees.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Augite
Mineral.category
Inosilicate minerals (single chain)
Mineral.group
Pyroxene group, clinopyroxene subgroup
Mineral.image
Augite Rwanda.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.caption
Augite – Muhavura volcano
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Aug
Mineral.strunz
9.DA.15
Mineral.system
Monoclinic
Mineral.class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry
C2/c
Mineral.unit cell
a = 9.699, b = 8.844 c = 5.272 [Å] β = 106.97°; Z = 4
Mineral.color
Black, brown, greenish, violet-brown; in thin section, colorless to gray with zoning common
Mineral.habit
Commonly as stubby prismatic crystals, also acicular, skeletal, dendritic
Mineral.twinning
Simple or multiple on {100} and {001}
Mineral.cleavage
{110} good with 87° between {110} and {10}; parting on {100} and {010}
Mineral.fracture
uneven to conchoidal
Mineral.tenacity
brittle

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
pyroxene
Named after
gloss
Image
Augite Rwanda.jpg
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Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.DA.15
Commons category
Augite
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.DA.15
IMA Mineral Symbol
Aug
chemical formula
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)₂O
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/D.01d
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Article · 日本語

普通輝石(ふつうきせき、augite、オージャイト)は、鉱物の一種(ケイ酸塩鉱物)。カルシウムを含む単斜輝石。 化学組成は (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 で、カルシウムの割合が小さくなるとピジョン輝石になる。 火成岩や変成岩に広く産する造岩鉱物。短柱状の結晶。

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