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Aerinite

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Description
Locality: 
Soriana Quarry, Estopiñán del Castillo, Hoya de Huesca, Aragón, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm
Description

Dark blue massy specimen of aerinite - probable association (the beige to colorless spots - not analysed): bytwownite, leucoxene, pigeonite.

Aerinite was used as a mineral pigment in paintings in ancient churches. Very complex chemical formular

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aerinite

Formula: 
(Ca5.1Na0.5)(Fe3+,Al,Fe2+,Mg)4(Al,Mg)6[HSi12O36(OH)12][(CO3)1.2(H2O)12]
Strunz: 
9.DB.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Caserras del Castillo, Estopiñán del Castillo, Huesca, Aragón, Spain

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