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Lorenzenite Lamprophyllite & Aegirine

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Lorenzenite Lamprophyllite & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Rasvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

A green aegirine crystal matrix with black lorenzenite crystals. One lorenzenite crystal has been psuedomorphed by light tan fibrous lamprophyllite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lorenzenite

Formula: 
Na2Ti2(Si2O6)O3
Strunz: 
9.DB.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Lamprophyllite

Formula: 
(Sr,K,Ba)2(Na,Ti,Mn2+,Fe3+)4Ti2(Si2O7)2O(O,OH,F)
Strunz: 
9.BE.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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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