Barylite

Origin: Eveslogchorr Mt , Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Origin: Letitia lake, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 1 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Khibina massif, Mt. Eveslogchorr, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm with creamy white, fine acicular, radiating sprays on matrix (top), 2 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, clear, bladed, 4 mm crystals (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

     
 
  
 
     
Barylite on aegirine
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
Barylite on aegirine
  
 
  
 
  
 
Origin: Chilwa Alkaline Area, Mt. Malosa, nr. Zomba, Malawi
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (top), 2.9 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm (2nd/3rd row), 3.4 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm (4th row), 1.6 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm (5th row), 2.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (6th/7th row), 1.3 x 1 x 0.7 cm (8th/9th row), 0.5 cm (10th row), 0.5 cm (11th row), 3.5 x 3.2 x 2 cm (12th/13th row), 1.6 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (14th row), 1.8 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm (15th/16th row), 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm (17th row), 0.7 x 0.5 x 0.1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

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