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Aegirine

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Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
17.00gr
Description

Fine Aegirine crystals on matrix from N'Chwaning II Mine, Northern Cape.   Determined by Charlie Key.   A beautiful little specimen.

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