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Aenigmatite & Augite

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PAV920339

Aenigmatite & Augite

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Description
Locality: 
Lombadas, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm
Description

Perfect aenigmatite crystal associated to several augite crystals.

Very nice under the scope!

Collected: 
2015
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aenigmatite

Formula: 
Na2Fe2+5Ti(Si6O18)O2
Strunz: 
9.DH.40
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Augite

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