Augit
Sign in to saveAugite, 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Augit is referenced by 232 other articles, and connects out to pyroxene, aluminium and sodium.
It is catalogued under topics including Calcium minerals, Clinopyroxene subgroup and Gemstones.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
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
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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
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Aug
- chemical formula
- (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/D.01d
Sources (3)
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Article · Polski
Augit – minerał z gromady krzemianów zaliczany do grupy piroksenów. Minerał pospolity i szeroko rozpowszechniony. Nazwa pochodzi od gr. auge = blask i nawiązuje do silnego, szklistego połysku tego minerału.
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