A mineral variety that is a mixture or intermediate form between aegirine and other pyroxene minerals, containing variable amounts of sodium and iron silicates.
Compound of aegirine plus the mineral suffix -lite (from Greek lithos, meaning 'stone'). The term describes transitional mineral compositions found in metamorphic and igneous rocks.
Aegirinolite represents a beautiful geological truth—minerals don't always fit into neat boxes, and some are literally hybrid minerals caught in between two end-member compositions, much like geological species in transition.
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