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Pyrophanite & Aegirine

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Pyrophanite & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nice specimen of copper reddish pyrophanite rosettes on terminated aegirine crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrophanite

Formula: 
Mn2+TiO3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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