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Aegirine With Parisite & Zircon

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Aegirine With Parisite & Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
29.00gr
Description

Dramatic elongated crystal of jet black aegirine with outstanding lustre, beautifully decorated with a dozen of cream white orthoclase crystals of pretty good quality. Associated, a pale pistachio quasi-micaceous parisite crystal and a brown zircon crystal, both of good quality for the species enev if millimetric.

This is a very good specimen belonging to the good segment of collected specimens.

Excellent lustre and color contrast, this is a specimen to truly admire on a plinth and in rotation.
With negligible to no peripheral bruising, this specimen represents excellent display material.

Acquired a few years ago, it is part of a selected lot of ex Kristalle stock I have been lucky enough to acquire. 

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

Parisite

Synonym Of: 

Parisite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
Strunz: 
5.BD.20b
Hardness: 
4.5

Zircon

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

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