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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Fayalite | 2V angle | Measured: 74° to 47°, calculated: 54° to 66° | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Birefringence | δ = 0.042–0.051 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Category | Nesosilicate | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Cleavage | {010} moderate, {100} imperfect | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Color | Greenish yellow, yellow-brown, brown; pale yellow to amber in thin section | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Crystal class | Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Crystal habit | Commonly granular, compact, or massive | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Crystal system | Orthorhombic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Diaphaneity | Transparent | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Formula | Fe2SiO4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Formula mass | 203.771 g·mol−1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Fracture | Conchoidal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | IMA symbol | Fa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Luster | Vitreous to resinous on fractures | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Mohs scale hardness | 6.5–7.0 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Optical properties | Biaxial (−) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Pleochroism | Faint | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Refractive index | nα = 1.731–1.824, nβ = 1.760–1.864, nγ = 1.773–1.875 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Space group | Pbnm (no. 62) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Specific gravity | 4.392 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Streak | White | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Strunz classification | 9.AC.05 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Twinning | On ; also on , as trillings | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fayalite | Unit cell | a = 4.8211, b = 10.4779 c = 6.0889 [Å]; Z = 4 | 1.00 | infobox |
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