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Scapolite & Augite

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Scapolite & Augite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Pargas, Turku-Pori, Southwest Finland, Finland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

Truely a fantastic and very old specimen from Pargas in Finland.

Large and good terminated scapolite crystals with black augite crystals on matrix. Beautiful.

With two very old labels.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0