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Sérandite & Aegirine

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Sérandite & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

A very nice salmon orange serandite crystal with aegerine from Mont St. Hilaire in Quebec, Canada. The serandite is very well formed and quite robust. It contrasts nicely with black aegerine. The serandite is contacted on the backside but no major damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sérandite

Formula: 
Na(Mn2+,Ca)2(HSi3O9)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

Aegirine

Formula: 
NaFe3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway
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