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Quartz & Niobophyllite

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Quartz & Niobophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 6.1 × 4 cm
Description

very well crystallized, double terminated, spiky, lustrous, transparent quartz combined with brown niobophyllite and whitish feldspar - no matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Niobophyllite

Formula: 
(K,Na)3(Fe,Mn)6(Nb,Ti)2Si8(O,OH,F)31
Strunz: 
9.DC.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mann 2 (Ten Mile Lake), Seal Lake alkaline complex (Letitia Lake), Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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