| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HEDENBERGITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A mineral, or ore of iron, in masses, composed of shining plates, which break into rhombic fragments; found at Tunaberg, in Sweden.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | A monoclinic mineral, 4[CaFeSi2 O6 ] ; pyroxene group; forms series with diopside and johannsenite; a common rock-forming mineral in iron-rich metamorphic rocks, limestone skarns, and fayalite-bearingplutonic rocks. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Hedenbergite, or calcium iron pyroxene, is a black mineral closely allied to diopside and, owing to the isomorphous replacement of iron by magnesium, there is no sharp line of division between them. (references) | ||
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