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Aegirine On Smoky Quartz With Zircon & Albite

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Aegirine On Smoky Quartz With Zircon & Albite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Excellent Aegerine Cluster on Smoky Quartz with tiny brown octahedral Zircon, Citrine and Albite scattered across the Aegerine. A great showy piece from this classic locality.  The entire specimen sparkles!

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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Zircon

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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