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Ellingsenite Sazhinite-(Ce) & Aegirine

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Ellingsenite Sazhinite-(Ce) & Aegirine

ex Ralf Wartha, Windhoek stock
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm
Description

A nice specimen with large vug wall with white balls of ellingsenite and yellowish sazhinite ce crystals together on an mixture of the other minerals of this rich paragenesis.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ellingsenite

Formula: 
Na5Ca6Si18O38(OH)13·6H2O
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3Ce[Si6O15]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, 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