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Kanemite Villiaumite Aegirine & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Kanemite Villiaumite Aegirine & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Nice kanemite crystals with villiaumite, aegirine and tuperssuatiaite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kanemite

Formula: 
NaHSi2O5·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EF.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Andajia, Kanem Region (Khanem), Lake Chad, Chad

Villiaumite

Formula: 
NaF
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

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

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