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Quartz Aegirine & Feldspar

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Quartz Aegirine & Feldspar

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

A true example of an utterly pristine twinned smokey quartz & aegerine specimen from Mt. Molusa Malawi. This piece when looking a little closer has even smaller micro crystals surrounding this beauty! Just an exceptional specimen. Weight: 32gr

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

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

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group