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Fergusonite Aegirine & Microcline

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Fergusonite Aegirine & Microcline

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Description
Locality: 
Papachacra Mountains, Papachacra, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A sharp single crystal of fergusonite growing on microcline with an associated black crystal of aegirine.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fergusonite

Synonym Of: 

Fergusonite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd)NbO4
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5

Fergusonite-(Y)

Formula: 
YNbO4
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5

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

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

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