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Mindat Short Description

Pyroxene Group - Clinopyroxene Subgroup. See also the Hedenbergite-Johannsenite Series, Diopside-Hedenbergite Series, and the Hedenbergite-Petedunnite solid solution.

Compare UM2004-50-SiO:AlFeGd.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Berzelius J J (1819) Hedenbergite, in Nouveau Système de Minéralogie, Méquignon-Marvis (Paris) 269-270

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/hedenbergite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Hedenbergite.shtml