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Bronzite

Pyroxene Minerals

Iron-bearing pyroxene in the enstatite-ferrosilite series is commonly called hypersthene. When it displays a striking red-brown schiller and glassy or silky luster, its field name is bronzite.
An informally named pyroxene
Photo courtesy Pete Modreski, U.S. Geological Survey

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Gallery Index: The Pyroxene Minerals

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