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Astrophyllite Aegirine & Pyrochlore

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Astrophyllite Aegirine & Pyrochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

Some golden tufts of astrophyllite on yellow zircon; in another vug, red pyrochlore on black katophorite

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

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

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

Formula: 
A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Strunz: 
4
Hardness: 
5 - 5.5
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Group