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Multiple photos availableAegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6, Quartz : SiO2

Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia

From the scoria quarry on the eastern hill of The Anakies, green aegirine-augite crystals encrusting a piece of white quartz xenolith, with a thin layer over all of clear volcanic glass. At The Anakies this darkish green colour is unusual for aegirine-augite. Field of view: 3.5mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 212988    View Count: 110

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6, Quartz : SiO2

Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia

In scoria from the quarry on the eastern hill of The Anakies, longish yellow crystals of aegirine-augite encrusting a fragment of white quartz xenolith. In other specimens, there may be sufficient aegirine-augite to hide the quartz from view. Field of view: 6mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 215320    View Count: 111

Multiple photos availableAegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6, Quartz : SiO2

Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Bright orange-yellow crystals of aegirine-augite covering a small remnant of white xenolithic quartz in a cavity in scoria from the quarry on the eastern hill of The Anakies. Field of view: 6mm. Collected by Dick Haslem and in his collection.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 222643    View Count: 79

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6

Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia

From the quarry on the eastern hill of The Anakies, bright yellow aegirine-augite in a vugh in scoria. Field of view: 6mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 226651    View Count: 63

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6

Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Yellow aegirine-augite in a vugh in scoria from the quarry on the eastern hill of The Anakies. Field of view: 6mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 228916    View Count: 55

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6, Quartz : SiO2

Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia

Yellowish aegirine-augite crystals on a white quartz xenolith. There is an overall coating of transparent pale yellowish brown volcanic glass. Field of view: 2.3mm. Specimen collected by Alan Wood.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 184510    View Count: 162

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6, Calcite : CaCO3

Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia

Whitish calcite with aegirine-augite in shades of yellow and tan. Field of view: 2mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 190340    View Count: 92

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6, Quartz : SiO2

Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia

Aegirine-augite and scoria over quartz. Collected by Alan Wood. Owner: George Lysiuk. Field of view: 12mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 188368    View Count: 90

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6

Mt Denise, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France

Golden-yellow aegirine-augite prisms in buchite cavities. Field of view is about 3 mm across. P. & E. Médard collection, photograph by R. Vernet
 © Robert VernetPhoto ID: 204329    View Count: 129

Aegirine-augite : (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6, Richterite : Na[CaNa][Mg5][(OH)2|Si8O22]

Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Richterite epitactic grown on Aegirin-Augite. Picture width 6 mm. Collection Christof Schäfer. Photo Stephan Wolfsried
 © Stephan WolfsriedPhoto ID: 102077    View Count: 307
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