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Murmanite & Aegirine On Feldspar

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Murmanite & Aegirine On Feldspar

ex collection Andreas Brand
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Description
Locality: 
Umbozero North Quarry, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Purplish murmanite with black aegirine on feldspar.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Murmanite

Formula: 
Na2Ti2(Si2O7)O2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.27
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chinglusuai River Valley, 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

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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