| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Aegirine |
| Formula: | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| Comments: | Dark green; also dark yellow to brown-yellow (Uwe Kolitsch, single-crystal XRD) |
| Habit: | prismatic xx, up to 2 mm |
| Colour: | dark green, black-greenish |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals: |
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| Associates: | Villiaumite
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tuperssuatsiaite | 57 |
| Villiaumite | 44 |
| Ellingsenite | 38 |
| Natrolite | 35 |
| Apophyllite Group | 14 |
| Fluorite | 11 |
| Unnamed (Fe-analogue of Zakharovite) | 11 |
| Arisite-(Ce) | 10 |
| Microcline | 10 |
| Sazhinite | 10 |
| Vinogradovite | 9 |
| Galena | 8 |
| Labuntsovite Supergroup | 8 |
| Bastnäsite-(Ce) | 7 |
| Neptunite | 7 |
| Quartz | 6 |
| Labuntsovite-Mn | 6 |
| Phonolite | 6 |
| Makatite | 5 |
| Sazhinite-(Ce) | 5 |
| Arisite | 5 |
| Hilairite | 5 |
| Feldspar Group | 5 |
| Rhabdophane-(Ce) | 4 |
| Monazite-(Ce) | 4 |
| Thornasite | 4 |
| Sphalerite | 3 |
| Korobitsynite | 3 |
| Tsepinite-Na | 2 |
| Steacyite | 2 |
| Sodalite | 2 |
| Calcite | 2 |
| Eudialyte | 2 |
| Albite | 2 |
| Analcime | 2 |
| Fluorapatite | 2 |
| Monazite-(La) | 2 |
| Thorite | 2 |
| Wurtzite | 2 |
| Cryolite | 1 |
| Fluorapophyllite-(K) | 1 |
| Zakharovite | 1 |
| Arisite-(La) | 1 |
| Nenadkevichite | 1 |
| Escheite | 1 |
| Saponite | 1 |
| Pectolite | 1 |
| Steacyite Group | 1 |
| Catapleiite | 1 |
| Sazhinite-(La) | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aegirine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (40 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 43579 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:43579:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Aegirine |
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| 2.8km (1.8 miles) | ⓘAuas Mountains Occurrences, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 37.5km (23.3 miles) | ⓘStalhart volcanic field, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 48.8km (30.3 miles) | ⓘDuruchaus Farm 249, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 95.4km (59.3 miles) | ⓘOtjisazu Complex, Okahandja Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia |
| References |
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Garvie, Laurence A. J., Devouard, Bertrand, Groy, Thomas L., Camara, Fernando, Buseck, Peter R. (1999) Crystal structure of kanemite, NaHSi2O5 · 3H2O, from the Aris Phonolite, Namibia. American Mineralogist, 84 (7) 1170-1175 doi:10.2138/am-1999-7-820 Jost, B.M., Koller, F., Vogel, N., Ulmer, P., Driesner, T. (2014) Origin of water in miarolitic cavities of the Ariskop phonolite, Namibia. Goldschmidt 2014, 8-13 June, Sacramento, California, USA, Abstracts, 1177. https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/2014/1177.pdf Kolitsch, Uwe, Blaß, Günter, Jahn, Steffen, Cámara, Fernando, Bezing, Ludi von, Wartha, Ralf R., Tremmel, Gerd, Sturla, Marco, Cerea, Paolangelo, Skebo, Michael, et al. (2016) Aris - mineralogy of the famous alkaline phonolite. AMI - Associazione Micromineralogica Italiana. p.1-95. |
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Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia