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Aegirine With Zircon & Feldspar

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Aegirine With Zircon & Feldspar

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 2.9 × 1.7 cm
Description

A large doubly terminated aegirine crystal with very well defined faces and edges. The crystal is covered with bright feldspar crystals and lustrous, translucent yellow zircon crystals. Very aesthetic piece with good contrast by the different colors!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aegirine

Formula: 
NaFe3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group