| Name: | Aegirine Aeg |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #295: Quartz var. Smoky / Aegirine Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi  #1433: Aegirine / Quartz Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi  #630: Rhodochrosite / Kupletskite / Aegirine / Albite Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada  #1159: Calcite / Serandite / Aegirine Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada |
| IMA Chemistry: | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Aegirine contains elements: Sodium (Na) Iron (Fe) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Norway |
| Year First Published: | 1835 |
| IMA Status: | Approved |
| Status Notes: | Berzelius J (1835) [Untitled note on aegirine], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1835, 184-185 |
| Structural Group Name: | Pyroxene |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | pyroxene |
| Crystal Systems: | monoclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 2613 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 6.0 |
| Diaphaneity: | 1.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 3.55 |
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