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Schizolite & Aegirine

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Schizolite & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.5 × 3.9 cm
Description

This superfine specimen features a part of a rosette of distinct meat coloured and loustrous tabular crystals of rare schizolite accompanied by black and lustrous aegirine. The schizolite crystals are well developed, sharp edged with a pseudohexagonal habit. This specimen was collected in the 1980ies and for more than 30 years catalogued as serandite. Confirmed as schizolite in 2017.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schizolite

Formula: 
NaCaMnSi3O8(OH)
Crystal System: 
Triclinic

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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