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Pyroxmangite Aegirine Epitaxial

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Pyroxmangite Aegirine Epitaxial

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Complex aggregate of pyroxmangite crystals in epitaxial intergroth with aegirine. The smooth reflecting crystal phases belog to ägirine and the striataed faces to pyroxmangite, In this example the major phase. FOV 1.7 and 1.3 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroxmangite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DO.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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

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