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Smoky Quartz & Aegirine

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RBR111270

Smoky Quartz & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Description

The specimen is well developed also backside. The assemble is very fine. At the base lustrous aegirine; 4cm across. Raising up a smoky quartz, about 5cm high – it shows 2 contacts – with some glossy faces, others with satin luster.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

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

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