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Tuperssuatsiaite With Villiaumite & Aegirine

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Description

Locality:

Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Class:

Crystals on Matrix

Size Range:

Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)

Size:

2.1 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm

Weight:

24.00gr

Description

Green sprays of tuperssuatsiaite with pink Villiaumite and Aegerine in a vug on a phonolite matrix.Some green crystals turn brown after collection and this may be due to a coupled dehydration-oxidation mechanism.

Mineral Data

What's on the rock

Tuperssuatsiaite

Formula:

Na₂Fe₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O

Strunz:

9.EE.20

Hardness:

0.0

Type Locality:

Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Villiaumite

Formula:

NaF

Strunz:

3.AA.20

Crystal System:

Isometric

Hardness:

2.0 - 2.5

Streak:

White

Type Locality:

Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

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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