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Semenovite-(Ce) With Aegirine & Epididymite

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Semenovite-(Ce) With Aegirine & Epididymite

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Description
Locality: 
Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

Good type locality sample of the rare beige-brown semenovite crystals with black, acicular aergirine crystals and colorless epididymite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Semenovite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na8Ca2FeBe6Ce2Si14O40(OH)4F4
Strunz: 
9.DN.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Taseq Slope (Tasseq Slope), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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

Epididymite

Formula: 
Na2Be2Si6O15·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.55
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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