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Elpidite Aegirine & Rhodochrosite

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Elpidite Aegirine & Rhodochrosite

Ex Geological Museum of Copenhagen

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Description
Locality: 
Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

Clusters of salmon pink elpidite with dark green aegerine crystals on a massive rhodochrosite matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Elpidite

Formula: 
Na2ZrSi6O15·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0

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

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania
Earthstones Australia

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