Pink, Rose pink, Purplish pink, Yellowish red brown, Brown.
Density:
3.8
Diaphaneity:
Transparent to translucent
Habit:
Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock.
Habit:
Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.
Hardness:
5.5-6 - Knife Blade-Orthoclase
Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.
Luster:
Vitreous - Pearly
Magnetism:
Magnetic after heating
Streak:
white
Optical Properties of Pyroxmangite
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= 0.027 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.024 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1961,KPDmeas= 0.1956,KC= 0.2011 Ncalc = 1.76
Optical Data:
Biaxial (+), a=1.726-1.748, b=1.728-1.75, g=1.744-1.764, bire=0.0160-0.0180, 2V(Calc)=40-42, 2V(Meas)=35-46. Dispersion r > v moderate.
Calculated Properties of Pyroxmangite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.65 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Pyroxmangite =3.79 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.01 Boson Index = 0.99
Photoelectric:
PEPyroxmangite = 11.99 barns/electron U=PEPyroxmangite x rElectron Density= 43.78 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Pyroxmangite is Not Radioactive
Chemical Formula: 
