Aegirine - Aegirine

Japanese: エジリン輝石 - えじりんきせき(英語表記)aegirine
Aegirine - Aegirine

A type of alkali pyroxene. Also known simply as aegirine. The English name acmite is synonymous with this. The crystals are often columnar and sometimes have sharp tips like an awl, so they are also called aegirine pyroxene. The chemical composition is the same as that of aegirine augite. This type of appearance is found in alkaline igneous rocks and is greenish in color. Large crystals are found in large quantities in nepheline syenite and its pegmatites. However, this type of occurrence does not exist in Japan, and only small crystals are found in syenite, trachyte, and alkali basalt. It also occurs in metamorphosed stratified manganese deposits and in certain types of quartz schist. Most of these crystals are massive or granular, and brownish in color. This type of occurrence is common in Japan. In Japan, it is found in Takakusayama, Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Iwagishima Island, Ochi County, Ehime Prefecture, and the Gozaisho Mine (closed) in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. As this mineral was first reported in Norway, it was named after the Scandinavian sea god Aegir.

[Satoshi Matsubara]

[References] | Aegirine augite | Igneous rock | Pyroxene | Basalt | Quartz | Seyenite | Trachyte | Pegmatite | Continuous chemical composition change [Supplementary information] | Aegirine (Data Note)
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Aegirine


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Japanese:

アルカリ輝石の一種。単にエジリンともいう。英名アクマイトacmiteも同義。しばしば結晶は長柱状で、先端が錐(きり)のようにとがっていることがあるので錐輝石(すいきせき)ともいう。エジリン普通輝石と化学組成は連続している。このような外観をもつものはアルカリ火成岩中にみられ、緑色系である。とくに霞石閃長岩(かすみいしせんちょうがん)およびそのペグマタイト中から多量に、かつ巨大な結晶が産する。しかし日本にはこの産状のものはなく、わずかに閃長岩、粗面岩、アルカリ玄武岩中に細かいものを産するにすぎない。ほかに、変成層状マンガン鉱床中、ある種の石英片岩中に産する。これらの多くは塊状あるいは粒状結晶で、褐色系である。この産状のものは日本でよくみられる。日本では、静岡県焼津(やいづ)市高草山(たかくさやま)、愛媛県越智(おち)郡岩城島(いわぎしま)、福島県いわき市御斎所(ございしょ)鉱山(閉山)などで産出する。ノルウェーから最初にこの鉱物が報告されたため、スカンジナビアの海神エジル(アエギル)Aegirにちなんで命名された。

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