General Information:
Chemical Formula:(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 108.27 gm)Magnesium 16.84 %
MgIron 12.89 %
FeSilicon 25.94 %
SiOxygen 44.33 %
O Empirical Formula: Mg0.75Fe2+0.25SiO3
Environment:Found in fragments within veins of shock-induced melt. A member of the Ilmenite group. Dimorphic relationship with enstatite and clinoenstatite.
IMA Status:Proposed IMA 1998
Locality:Tenham chondritic meteorite, which fell in 1879 in South Gregory, Queensland, Australia.
Name Origin:Named after Syun-iti Akimoto (b. 1925), of the Institute of Geophysics and Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, specialist in high-pressure research, especially on phase relati onships in the system (Mg,Fe)2 SiO4 at
Physical Properties: Color:colorless.
Diaphaniety:Transparent
Luster:Vitreous (Glassy)
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