Sphene

Hardness ( Moh )

" 5 - 5.5

Crystal System

Monoclinic

Specific Gravity

3.53

Refractive Index

1.900 - 2.034

Birefringence

Family

Colour(s)

Red brown, gray, yellow, green, red

Cleavage

Francture Type

Sub-conchoidal

Luster

Streak

Red white

Transparency

Translucent to transparent

Formula

CaTiSiO5

Country

Found In Afghanistan,Africa,Algeria,Angola,Antarctica,Argentina,Armenia,Atlantic Ocean,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bangladesh,Belarus,Belgium,Bolivia,Brazil,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cambodia,Cameroon,Canada,Cape Verde,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Cook Islands,Cuba,Czech Republic,Czech Republic/Poland,Denmark,Djibouti,Dominican Republic,DR Congo,Ecuador,Egypt,El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Ethiopia,Europe,Federated States of Micronesia,Fiji,Finland,France,Gabon,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Greenland,Guatemala,Guinea,Guyana,Haiti,Hungary,Iceland,India,Indonesia,Iran,Ireland,Italy,Ivory Coast,Japan,Jersey,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kosovo,Kyrgyzstan,Libya,Lithuania,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Mali,Mauritania,Mexico,Middle East,Mongolia,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nepal,New Zealand,Niger,North Korea,North Macedonia,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,Saint Helena， Ascension and Tristan da Cunha,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Slovakia,Slovenia,Somalia,South Africa,South Korea,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Turkey,Uganda,UK,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,USA,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Vietnam,Zambia,Zimbabwe,The Moon