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Pyroxmangite Epitaxial On Aegirine

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Pyroxmangite Epitaxial On Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm
Description

Small, darker crystals of pyroxmangite as epitaxy on the surface of semitransparent green-brown aegirine on a white sanidine matrix. PVV 1.6 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroxmangite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DO.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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

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