Constituent
- Name
- Pyrope
- IMA name
- Garnet group
- Class
- silicate mineral
- Compound type
- nesosilicate
- Comments
- Magnisium end member of the garnet group minerals
- Relevance
- main - major
- Arrangement
- single phase
- Mass fraction
- 1.0
- Formula
- A3B2(SiO4)3 where A=Ca,Mg,Fe2+, and/or Mn and B=Al,Cr, and/or Fe3+
- Chemical formula
- A3B2(SiO4)3
- Elemental formula
- (Ca)0-3 (Fe2+)0-3 (Mg2+)0-3 (Mn2+)0-3 (Al)0-2 (Cr)0-2 (Fe3+)0-2 Si3 O12
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
Strunz
- Class
- silicates (09)
- Division
- nesosilicate (09.A)
- Family
- without additional anions (09.AD)
Dana
- Major class
- silicates (VIII)
- Class
- nesosilicate insular SiO4 groups only (51)
- Type
- with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination (51.04)
- Group
- N/A (N/A)
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- isometric (cubic)
- Crystal class
- hexoctahedral
- Texture
- monocrystalline
- Refringence type
- isotropic
- Birefringence
- no
- Color
- various
- Diaphaneity
- various
- Luster
- various