Urbanite
A variety of Aegirine-augite
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About Urbanite
Name:
A name introduced by H. Sjögren (1892, 1894) for a so-called iron-schefferite ["Jarnschefferit" in Swedish], a red-brown pyroxene mineral, from Långban, Sweden, in which the aegirine component dominated.
First Recorded Locality:
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
10737 (as Urbanite)
32 (as Aegirine-augite)
32 (as Aegirine-augite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:10737:2 (as Urbanite)
mindat:1:1:32:7 (as Aegirine-augite)
mindat:1:1:32:7 (as Aegirine-augite)
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
cfec48c2-e860-47c7-81e9-39a5e0098841 (as Urbanite)
3a889c2b-214f-4be6-a7d5-6587ec7ef473 (as Aegirine-augite)
3a889c2b-214f-4be6-a7d5-6587ec7ef473 (as Aegirine-augite)
Classification of Urbanite
Discredited
Approval history:
Discredited by the CNMMN- IMA in 1988.
First Recorded Occurrence of Urbanite
Synonyms of Urbanite
Other Language Names for Urbanite
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Urbanite
mindat.org URL:
https://www.mindat.org/min-10737.html
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References for Urbanite
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Localities for Urbanite
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence.
? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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Noda-Tamagawa mine, Noda, Kunohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Japan