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Smoky Quartz & Aegirine

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Smoky Quartz & Aegirine

Ex Anka & Uli Bahmann Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.4 × 9.6 × 4.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
13.40cm
Description

This is a high class smoky quartz specimen, perfectly crystallized all around. Both crystals are doubly terminated, the larger one has a recrystallized contact at the bottom. The smokys are very well developed, partly transparent and the colour changes from bright to dark brown. They are highly lustrous and sharp edged as well. This great aesthetically specimen comes from the famous collection of Anka & Uli Bahmann, Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Minor ding on one tip.

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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