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Pyrophanite & Aegirine On Orthoclase

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Pyrophanite & Aegirine On Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 7.1 × 5.3 cm
Description

Nice specimen from Malawi with numerous sparkling black hexagonal pyrophanite crystals in association with aegirine on matrix of cristallized cremy orthoclase

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrophanite

Formula: 
Mn2+TiO3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

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