All About the Properties and Locations of Hypersthene

Hypersthene or Labrador hornblende is found in crystalline masses and is used for ornamental purposes

HYPERSTHENE.

Handsome specimens of hypersthene or Labrador hornblende are used for ornamental purposes.

This mineral is found in crystalline masses, has the hardness of 6, specific gravity 3.3 to 3.4, lustre pearly to metallic. It is translucent to opaque, brittle, and fuses before the blow-pipe. It consists of:

Silica 54.2

Magnesia 24.1

Protoxide of iron 21.7

Hypersthene occurs in dark-brown, green, grayish-black, greenish-black, and jet-black colors, and is found in the isle of Skye, the Hartz Mountains, Saxony, Labrador, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Bohemia, Thuringia, and the United States.


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