Aegirine Mineral Gallery

Aegirine Minerals

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Aegirine Mineral Gallery With 14 Images

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Manganotychite: Na6(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2(SO4)(CO3)4

Comments: Pale rose-tan granular manganotychite with black aegirine prism.
Location: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Calcioburbankite: Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5

Comments: Tan crystal spray of calcioburbankite on dark green aegirine.
Location: Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6

Comments: Fully-terminated, prismatic crystal of aegirine.
Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 2.8 cm.
© John Veevaert

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Catapleiite: (Na,Ca,[ ])2ZrSi3O9·2(H2O)

Comments: Clear crystals of catapleiite with an attached 1.8 cm prismatic crystal of dark aegirine.
Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.5 x 2.2 cm.
© John Veevaert

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Henrymeyerite: BaFe++Ti7O16

Comments: A nearly black crystal of henrymeyerite with dark green prismatic crystals of aegirine in quartz.
Location: Green River formation, Uintah County, Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Lourenswalsite: (K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12

Comments: Light brownish rosettes of lourenswalsite with dark green crystals of aegirine and white feldspar.
Location: Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Pectolite: NaCa2Si3O8(OH)

Comments: White, cottony pectolite tufts with acicular aegirine.
Location: 3M quarry, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Calcioburbankite: Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Manganotychite: Na6(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2(SO4)(CO3)4

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6

Comments: Fully-terminated, prismatic crystal of aegirine.
Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 2.8 cm.
© John Veevaert

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Catapleiite: (Na,Ca,[ ])2ZrSi3O9·2(H2O)

Comments: Clear crystals of catapleiite with an attached 1.8 cm prismatic crystal of dark aegirine.
Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.5 x 2.2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Henrymeyerite: BaFe++Ti7O16

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Lourenswalsite: (K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12

Aegirine Image

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Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Pectolite: NaCa2Si3O8(OH)

Aegirine-augite Image

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Aegirine-augite: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++)[Si2O6]
Dellaventuraite: NaNa2(Mg2,Mn+++,Li,Ti)Si8O22O2

Comments: View in plane-polarized light of reddish brown dellaventuraite (OPTK) as an overgrowth on purple-gray aegirine-augite (AE-AG) in a matrix of rounded quartz (QZ) with minor rounded (high relief) apatite grains. (AmMin 90:306).
Location: Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Scale: Picture size 2.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Aegirine-augite Image

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Aegirine-augite: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++)[Si2O6]
Dellaventuraite: NaNa2(Mg2,Mn+++,Li,Ti)Si8O22O2