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Discussion Forum : Building Materials - Section 5 (Q.No. 15)
Building Materials
15.
Pick up the correct characteristic of Pyroxene from the following:
It forms octagonal crystals
It converts to chlorine by hydration
Its density is 2.3 to 3.6 g/cm2
Its hardness is 5 to 6
All the above.
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Vikas said:   8 years ago
The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated to Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks. Pyroxenes are silicon-aluminum oxides with Ca, Na, Fe, Mg, Zn, Mn, Li substituting for Si and Al.
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