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Aegirine & Feldspar Group

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Aegirine & Feldspar Group

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Description
Locality: 
Løkenåsen, Holmestrand, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Nice representative specimen of this combination. A cluster of feldspat, accompanied by some litle quartz crystals. In the center of the specimen are some well crystallized aegerine needels placed. This piece was found in spring 1998.

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