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Pyrochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Brownish, highly lustrous pyrochlore octahedra up to 0.5 cm across perched atop white microcline crystals, associated with quartz and arfvedsonite crystals from the well known locality Mt. Malosa in Malawi. Very nice example of this rare mineral, 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

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