6506 - Aegirine

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NJ
United States

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Essential Information

Specimen ID

6506

Mineral Name

Aegirine

Chemical Formula

NaFe+++Si2O6

Subcollection

Franklin and Sterling Hill Suite
Associated Minerals
Andradite
Rhodonite
Willemite
Specimen Number
F133

13775

The “jeffersonite” is probably aegirine. The specimen is labeled pegmatite, but it is not a pegmatite in the modern sense, but is merely a coarse-grained metamorphic rock. The light-colored mineral is feldspar.

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Franklin, New Jersey

Locality Lat/Long

41.1220409, -74.5804378

Mining District

Franklin Mining District

Mine Name

Franklin Mine