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Sazhinite Tuperssuatsiaite Natrolite & Aegirine

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Sazhinite Tuperssuatsiaite Natrolite & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm
Description

Nice MM specimen from famous Aris Quarry - vug in phonolite covered with very rare white Sazhinite crystals with brown Tuperssuatsiaite, Natrolite and Aegirine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sazhinite

Synonym Of: 

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3Ce[Si6O15]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.30
Hardness: 
2.5

Sazhinite-(La)

Formula: 
Na3La[Si6O15]·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.30
Hardness: 
3.0

Tuperssuatsiaite

Formula: 
Na2Fe3Si8O20(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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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