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Aegirine Tinaksite Charoite Canasite & Ekanite

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Aegirine Tinaksite Charoite Canasite & Ekanite

Ex Wörtzel Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Murunskii Massif, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very aesthetic specimen with aegirine,tinaksite,charoite,canasite and ekanite

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

Tinaksite

Formula: 
K2Na(Ca,Mn2+)2Ti[O|Si7O18(OH)]
Strunz: 
9.DG.75
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Charoite

Formula: 
(K,Sr)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)6]2[Si12O18(O,OH)12]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4·~3H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.92
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Canasite

Formula: 
K2Na4Ca5(Si12O30(OH,F)4
Strunz: 
9.DG.80
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Ekanite

Formula: 
(Ca,Fe2+,Pb)2(Th,U)[Si8O20]
Strunz: 
9.EA.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Ehiliyagoda (Ehaliyagoda; Ehelliyagoda), Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
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