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Fayalite

Fayalite (Fe2SiO4, commonly abbreviated to Fa) is the iron-rich end-member of the olivine solid-solution series. In common with all minerals in the olivine group, fayalite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (space group Pbnm) with cell parameters a = 4.82 Å, b = 10.48 Å and c = 6.09 Å.

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2V angle
Measured: 74° to 47°, calculated: 54° to 66°
Birefringence
δ = 0.042–0.051
Category
Nesosilicate
Cleavage
{010} moderate, {100} imperfect
Color
Greenish yellow, yellow-brown, brown; pale yellow to amber in thin section
Crystal class
Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)

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Fayalite

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples30
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Fayalite

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2V angle · 1
Fayalite → Measured: 74° to 47°, calculated: 54° to 66°
Birefringence · 1
Fayalite → δ = 0.042–0.051
Category · 1
Fayalite → Nesosilicate
Cleavage · 1
Fayalite → {010} moderate, {100} imperfect
Color · 1
Fayalite → Greenish yellow, yellow-brown, brown; pale yellow to amber in thin section
Crystal class · 1
Fayalite → Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Crystal habit · 1
Fayalite → Commonly granular, compact, or massive
Crystal system · 1
Fayalite → Orthorhombic
Diaphaneity · 1
Fayalite → Transparent
Formula · 1
Fayalite → Fe2SiO4

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olivine also quartz forsterite oxygen rocks pressures reaction pressure used commonly series minerals iron igneous volcanic plutonic fugacity orthorhombic iron-rich

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Fayalite2V angleMeasured: 74° to 47°, calculated: 54° to 66°1.00infobox
FayaliteBirefringenceδ = 0.042–0.0511.00infobox
FayaliteCategoryNesosilicate1.00infobox
FayaliteCleavage{010} moderate, {100} imperfect1.00infobox
FayaliteColorGreenish yellow, yellow-brown, brown; pale yellow to amber in thin section1.00infobox
FayaliteCrystal classDipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)1.00infobox
FayaliteCrystal habitCommonly granular, compact, or massive1.00infobox
FayaliteCrystal systemOrthorhombic1.00infobox
FayaliteDiaphaneityTransparent1.00infobox
FayaliteFormulaFe2SiO41.00infobox
FayaliteFormula mass203.771 g·mol−11.00infobox
FayaliteFractureConchoidal1.00infobox
FayaliteIMA symbolFa1.00infobox
FayaliteLusterVitreous to resinous on fractures1.00infobox
FayaliteMohs scale hardness6.5–7.01.00infobox
FayaliteOptical propertiesBiaxial (−)1.00infobox
FayalitePleochroismFaint1.00infobox
FayaliteRefractive indexnα = 1.731–1.824, nβ = 1.760–1.864, nγ = 1.773–1.8751.00infobox
FayaliteSpace groupPbnm (no. 62)1.00infobox
FayaliteSpecific gravity4.3921.00infobox
FayaliteStreakWhite1.00infobox
FayaliteStrunz classification9.AC.051.00infobox
FayaliteTwinningOn ; also on , as trillings1.00infobox
FayaliteUnit cella = 4.8211, b = 10.4779 c = 6.0889 [Å]; Z = 41.00infobox

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