【mineral photo】brown hypersthene crystals from Fukushima, Japan


Hypersthene was a mineral name for orthopyroxene of Mg:Fe = 8:2-6:4. Now the term of hypersthene is not used officially and called enstatite because of '50% rule'.
Yesterday, I uploaded some microscopic photos of enstatite crystals from IBM arc. Today, I show photos of brown hypersthene crystals separated from volcanoclastic rocks in Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan. https://goo.gl/maps/Eec12xMeo7LvqUGYA

brown hypersthene crystal from Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan.

brown hypersthene crystal from Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan.

brown hypersthene crystal from Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan.

brown hypersthene crystal from Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan.

brown hypersthene crystal from Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan.

brown hypersthene crystal from Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan.

brown hypersthene crystal from Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Pref., Japan.

By the way, I tried to google some photos of hypersthene and enstatite. I could easily find many geological photos of enstatite. On the other hand, somehow, I found no geological photos but jewerely goods of hypersthene... Is this related to the abolition of technical terms of the term of hypersthene??
google search result enstatite

google search result hypersthene

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