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Pyrochlore On Aegirine

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Pyrochlore On Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

Beautiful brown pyrochlore crystals up to 2 mm on and between aegerine or feldspar. Hundreds of smaller pyrochlore crystals are sitting on the faces of the large black aegirine crystals.

Very good specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

Formula: 
A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Strunz: 
4
Hardness: 
5 - 5.5
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Group

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