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Augite : (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6] | |
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Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Small augite crystals that would go unremarked if they were not from a rather exotic locality. Specimens are from the British Museum of Natural History #1930,205 (1975). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm. |
| Photo ID: 217881 View Count: 123 | |
Augite : (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6], Albite (Var: Andesine) : (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] | |
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Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria, Australia From the basalt quarry near Portland, a blackish crystal of augite with tabular greyish crystals of andesine. Specimens from this locality may often have some clay mineral coating. Field of view: 12mm. |
| © Judy Rowe | Photo ID: 215684 View Count: 108 |
Augite : (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6], Epidote : {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}[O|OH|SiO4|Si2O7] | |
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Söllnkar, Krimmler Ache valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria photo&collection: Frank de Wit (width=6mm) |
| © Frank de Wit | Photo ID: 18425 View Count: 911 |
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Seekar (Seebachkar), Seebach lake, Seebach valley, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Image is 3mm wide. Other views available: 1 |
| © D. Schläfli | Photo ID: 11791 View Count: 1122 |
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Canada Radium Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada This is a large cluster of dark green Augite crystals with some small yellow/metallic Pyrrhotite crystals that occupy small vug like cavities. Most of the piece was covered with orange calcite which was forcibly removed with acid, which revealed the Pyrrhotite. The augite has almost a right angle cleavage a very light green streak. The cluster is ... |
| © M.Adamowicz | Photo ID: 206965 View Count: 165 |
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Schickler Fluorite occurrence, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada Here are some nice dark green Augites with yellow Scapolite & purple Flourite from Schickler. It is 5.6 x 4.8 cm. From M. Adamowicz collection. |
| © M.Adamowicz | Photo ID: 234090 View Count: 94 |
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Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada A single twinned "floater" of augite is #1822 in the Creekmur collection. It measures 1 x 2 inches in cross section and is 1 1/2 inches tall. |
| © Charles Creekmur | Photo ID: 231800 View Count: 55 |
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Diamond Lake, Highland Grove, Herschel Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Here is a cluster of small green Augite crystals on weathered white Calcite. The cluster is 6 by 4.6 cm and is 3.8 cm tall. Most crystals are in the 1 centimeter range. It is from the Diamond Lake locality. From M. Adamowicz collection. |
| © M.Adamowicz | Photo ID: 167337 View Count: 219 |
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Diamond Lake, Highland Grove, Herschel Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Here is a large crystal of dark green Augite, from Diamond Lake. The crystal is 4.1 cm long, by 3.7 cm wide, and 2.1 cm tall. From M. Adamowicz collection. |
| © M.Adamowicz | Photo ID: 167169 View Count: 150 |
Augite : (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6] | |
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Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada Dramatic specimen of a well crystallized black augite crystal perfectly perched on orange calcite matrix. Though the augite crystal has an irregular surface, typical of this occurrence, the crystal is terminated and faces are clean. Ex. A. Stevenson collection #362. Overall size of mineral specimen: 25x28x20. Size of individual crystals: 18 mm. |
| © 2001 John H. Betts | Photo ID: 1198 View Count: 1110 |
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