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diallage

A dark green or bronze-colored monoclinic pyroxene, which in addition to the prismatic cleavages has others parallel to the vertical pinacoids. Mohs hardness, 4; sp gr, 3.2 to 3.35. Used also as a prefix to many rocks containing the mineral.

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