Go to the Web page that features this specimen

Twinned Aegirine with Feldspar anz Zircon
Twinned Aegirine with Feldspar anz Zircon. Front
Front
Twinned Aegirine with Feldspar anz Zircon. Rear
Rear
Twinned Aegirine with Feldspar anz Zircon. Side
Side
Twinned Aegirine with Feldspar anz Zircon. Top
Top
 

EC26AD8: A considerably large Aegirine crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with good terminations and a unique characteristic, a very well defined and visible frontal twin, not previously noted at Mount Malosa, as far as we know. The twinned crystal is on a matrix of white feldspar crystals and its back is partially coated by small Zircon crystals, many of them doubly terminated.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi (2014)

Specimen size: 15 × 11.8 × 11.2 cm = 5.91” × 4.65” × 4.41”

Main crystal size: 13 × 6.8 cm = 5.12” × 2.68”

Zircon fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV. Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV.



Sold


  
Go to the Web page that features this specimen

Home page - Minerals  About us  Client Comments  Friends of Minerals Forum  Feedback Form  Search  
Home
page
Minerals
 About
us
 Client
Comments
 Friends
of
Minerals
Forum
 Feedback
Form
 Search 


 
USA
US
Minerals
Mexico - Canada
Mexico & Canada
Minerals
Spain (general)
Spanish
Minerals
Spanish Fluorite
Spanish Fluorite
Portugal - Panasqueira
Portugal - Panasqueira
France
French
Minerals
Europe (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)
European
Minerals
FSU
FSU
Minerals
Morocco
Moroccan
Minerals
Africa (excl. Morocco) - Tsumeb
African
Minerals
Brazil
Brazilian
Minerals
South America (excl. Brazil)
South American
Minerals
China
Chinese
Minerals
Asia (excl. China) - Australia - Turkey
Tukey, Asia
& Australia
Minerals
Joaquim Callen's Photo Gallery
Joaquim Callen's
Photo Gallery
The Daunis Collection
The Daunis
Collection
The Jan Buma Collections
The Jan Buma
Collections
The Carles Curto Collection (duplicates)
The Carles Curto
Collection
The Jordi Fabre Collection (duplicates)
The Jordi Fabre Collection
The Vault
The
Vault
Express Minerals by Carles Manresa
Express Minerals
by C. Manresa
Expominerals (Virtual Shows)
Expominerals
Updates
Updates
Minerals - Virtual Museum (#MVM)
Minerals - Virtual Museum
(#MVM)