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Zektzerite Pyrochlore & Aegirine

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Zektzerite Pyrochlore & Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Several white exagonal zektzerite crystals stay along a large aegirine crystal with some pyrochlore group crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zektzerite

Formula: 
LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si6O15
Strunz: 
9.DN.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

Formula: 
A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Strunz: 
4
Hardness: 
5 - 5.5
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Group

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