A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Aerinite from Huesca, Spain |
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| Description | The blue mineral is aerinite, a secondary mineral that forms as an alteration product in mafic-intermediate volcanic rocks. It is a chain silicate that shares properties with both amphiboles and zeolites, and has formula of about (Ca,Na)4Mg3(Fe,Al)3[(Si,Al)18O42](OH)6ยท11.5(H2O). This sample is about 5 cm across. |
| Location | Spain ▹ Huesca. Near Estopinian. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1401. |
| Key words | aerinite, Spain |
| Tech details | 679 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 814 |
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