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Vinogradovite & Aegirine

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Vinogradovite & Aegirine

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Very nice sprays of white vinogradovite crsytals on aegirine. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vinogradovite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)4Ti4AlSi6O23(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.25
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt (Lepkhe-Nelm; Nepkha), Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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