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Aegirine

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Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Bratthagen Quarries, Lågendalen, Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4 × 3.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

Numerous black, prismatic aegirine crystals embedded in white microcline. A nice and typical specimen from this famous road cut which is protected since 1984. Collected in 1976.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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