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Porricin

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Caspar quarry, Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. (Bellberg Mt.; Bellenberg Mt.; Billenberg Mt.; Boilenberg Mt.), Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
© C.H.M.-Schäfer

A variety of Aegirine-augite

A variety of Augite/Aegirin-Augite/Aegirine. Acicular crystals of these pyroxenes covering a quartz xenolith.
Originally reported from the Eifel, Germany.
See also Grünblende.

Classification of Porricin

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    Localities for Porricin

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    Germany
     
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Eifel Mts
        • Mayen
          • Ettringen
    		Jasmund, K., and Hentschel, G. (1964): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 10, 296-314.
              • Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. (Bellberg Mt.; Bellenberg Mt.; Billenberg Mt.; Boilenberg Mt.)
    		in the collection of C.&H. Schäfer
    Wolf, Th. (1868): Die Auswürflinge des Laacher-Sees, Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, Vol. XX, pp 1-78
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