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Aegirine

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Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Brevik, Porsgrunn, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

A very interesting historic specimen with black, lustrous aegirine crystals up to 1.8 cm on matrix from Porsgrunn in Norway. The crystals re not terminated and are embeddedin matrix with nicely developed prismatic faces. The specimen is accompanied with 3 handwritten historic labels from the 19th century and is very interesting for any collectors of historic minerals specimens with pedigree.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Wendel Minerals

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