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Astrophyllite With Eudialyte & Aegirine

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Astrophyllite With Eudialyte & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7.6 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Sizeable and very rich cabinet specimen of lustrous dark brown astrophyllite. The sprays are interconnected and two main groups show the typical radial aggregates with the nucleation point. Associated, a few red eudialyte crystals with evident cleavage (and good lustre) and a couple jet black, quite long aegirine crystals. All species are very well displayed.

Sizeable and very aesthetic for the specie.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Astrophyllite

Formula: 
(K,Na)3(Fe,Mn)7Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
9.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Golden
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Eudialyte

Formula: 
Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2
Strunz: 
9.CO.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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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