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aegirine

pyroxene mineral
Class type of: pyroxene Q380674

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
pyroxene[4]
Chemical formula
NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆[3]
Crystal system
monoclinic crystal system[5]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, untitled note on aegirine, The crystal chemistry of aegirine from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12][13][14][15][16]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Aeg[19]
IMA status and/or rank
approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[6]
Mohs' hardness
+6.3[11]
Named after
Ægir[2]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.DA.25[10]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.DA.25[9]
Space group
space group C2/c[7]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/D.01c[8]
Type locality (geology)
Låven island, Øvre Eiker[17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en aegirine ar أجيرين ar أجيراين de Schefferit de Aegirin de Ägirin el Ακμίτης el Αιγιρίνης es Egirina es Acmita fa ائوژیرین fa اژیرینی fi Akmiitti fr Aegyrine fr Achmite fr Acmite fr Acnite fr Aegerine fr Aegerite fr Aegirite
🔖 Identifiers · 19
OpenAlex ID
C2781052440
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Aegirine-Orthoclase-114177.jpg ↗
Dana 8th edition
65.1.3c.2
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2NoNFU
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
55526
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/aegirine
Freebase ID
/m/06hx5z
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
egirina
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0100392
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
ægirin
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4939517
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA1998 s.p.
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KBpedia ID
Aegirine
Kivid.info ID
545
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781052440
Mindat mineral ID
37k (31–37k, n=14)
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/aegirine
Museum-digital tag ID
140319
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Aegirine"]

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Crystal system 1
monoclinic crystal system
Named after 1
Ægir
Named after 1
aegirine-augite
Subclass of 1
pyroxene
Subtypes 1
omphacite
Type locality (geology) 1
Øvre Eiker
← FactGrid item ID 1
Béni Egressy
← Made from material 1
chibinite
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Summary

aegirine is a mineral species[1].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for aegirine include aegirine-augite[20], a mineral species[21].

Why It Matters

Entities named for aegirine include aegirine-augite[20], a mineral species[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Mineral", "Aegirine"]
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Mineral", "Aegirine"], Matched to aegirine (#53873425) in Wol…"
  2. 20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2NoNFU
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37385: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026))"
  3. 23w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Type locality (geology) → Låven island, Øvre Eiker
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, untitled note on aegirine, The crystal chemistry of aegirine from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Q +1
    IMA status and/or rank → approved mineral and/or valid name (A)
    Named after → Ægir
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim references: OpenAlex ID: C2781052440, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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